Weighing the Earth with a Nobel Laureate
Launch: Friday 1 March 2013, 9-10.30am Albert Park College, 83 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria Do you […]
Australian Institute of Physics, Media releases
ICT for Life Sciences
Global health, economic growth and the end of absolute poverty
Hopeful evidence and hard challenges Introducing the 5th Graeme Clark Orator, speaking Monday 29 April at The Plenary, Melbourne Convention
Fresh Science
Video gaming addiction can control your thoughts
A psychology researcher from Canberra has collected some of the first scientific evidence that video gaming can be addictive in a way similar to gambling and alcohol. “People who spend an excessive amount of time playing video games are powerless to stop themselves from thinking about gaming,” says Olivia Metcalf, who did the research for […]
Women in Science
L’Oréal recognises three young scientists from Melbourne and Christchurch for their life-transforming work
The $25,000 L’Oréal Australia and New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships for 2012 have been awarded to three remarkable
Women in Science
New treatments for blood cancers
Dr Kylie Mason Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research/Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Dr Kylie Mason has set herself the goal of developing new ways of treating diseases that are considered incurable. Working as a clinician …
Women in Science
More efficient solar cells with quantum dots
Dr Baohua Jia Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia The global race to develop high efficiency, low cost solar energy is fierce. And Baohua Jia and her colleagues are front runners. Conventional solar cells are efficient, but thick a…
New Zealand, Women in Science
Giving patients more control of their lives
Dr Suetonia Palmer University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand Dr Suetonia Palmer is challenging the status quo for kidney disease treatment and helping millions of people with chronic kidney disease take back control of their lives. Working from te…
Media releases, Women in Science
L’Oreal Fellowship winner seeks to improve blood cancer treatments
First posted by the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute A desire to improve the survival of people with blood cancers and reduce the side-effects of their anti-cancer treatments has seen Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researcher Dr Kylie Mason today win o…
Media releases, Women in Science
L’Oreal New Zealand: NZ dialysis patients are winners in A$25,000 Fellowship
L’OREAL FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD ANNOUNCED NZ dialysis patients are winners in A$25,000 Fellowship University of Otago, Christchurch, senior lecturer Dr Suetonia Palmer has been recognised with a A$25,000 (NZ$32,480) Fellowship for her achievements…
Women in Science
2012 L’Oréal Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships to be announced Tuesday 21 August
The 2012 L’Oréal Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships will be announced this Tuesday 21 August at 6:30pm