Wednesday 8 December 2010 Today’s stories from the physics conference in Melbourne include: Tomorrow’s technology pioneers recognised today From the laser to quantum optics Prof Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov (Kostya.Ostrikov@csiro.au), a CSIRO scientist who set the ground rules for constructing new materials atom by atom using collections of charged particles known as plasmas; Teleportation Prof Hans-Albert…
Nominations for Fresh Science 2010 are now closed. Thank you and best of luck to everyone who nominated in 2010! Winners will be notified on Tuesday 27 April 2010.
The Fresh Science winner’s boot camp and all public events will run from Monday 7 to Thursday 10 June 2010.
The 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science fellowships are now open for nomination. Nominations close 1 May 2009. The three $20,000 Fellowships are intended to help early-career women scientists to consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science. The Fellowships are awarded to women who have shown scientific excellence in their career…
98 Nominations were received for Fresh Science 2009. Nominees will be notified shortly. Fresh Science will be held in Melbourne from 1-4 June 2009. Their stories will be relased to the media during the event and in the weeks after.
Marking International Women’s Day, five of the world’s women leaders in science each received the $US100,000 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science at a ceremony in Paris.
Written and issued by Film Victoria, Monday 16 February 2009 Industry leaders to descend on Melbourne from 1-4 December 2009 Minister for Innovation, Industry and Regional Development, Gavin Jennings, is pleased to announce that the 17th annual World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) will take place in Melbourne from 1 -4 December 2009.
Photos from the Evolution conference. If you would like a higher resolution version of any of these, please contact me.
Our colleague Kim McKay in Sydney has won a prize from the US AAAS for her children’s book on ‘100 things you can do to save the planet’.
Tasmania is remarkable But I do not like Sydney society That was Charles Darwin’s view of Australia according to Emeritus Professor Frank Nicholas speaking on the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Darwin’s 200th birthday is tomorrow, Thursday 12 February. It will be celebrated by scientists around the world, recognising the role that Darwin’s theory of…