Launch: Friday 1 March 2013, 9-10.30am Albert Park College, 83 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria Do you weigh more in Melbourne or Canberra? What does our planet weigh? Australia’s 2011 physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian Schmidt, is today launching the start of a national physics experiment that everyone can participate in. School…
Hopeful evidence and hard challenges Introducing the 5th Graeme Clark Orator, speaking Monday 29 April at The Plenary, Melbourne Convention Centre.
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 […]
The $25,000 L’Oréal Australia and New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships for 2012 have been awarded to three remarkable young women scientists from Melbourne and Christchurch. It’s the first time the Fellowships have been open to New Zealand. Find below brief profiles on the 2012 Fellows. Below each is a link to their full…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
The 2012 L’Oréal Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships will be announced this Tuesday 21 August at 6:30pm at the award ceremony in Melbourne.