Fresh Science is a national competition that has been helping early-career researchers find, and then share their stories of discovery for the past 22 years.
Taking young researchers with no media experience and turning them into spokespeople for science, Fresh Science gives its finalists a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training and a public event in their home state.
Read some of the fresh science we discovered in 2021 here.
Today, 7 of Queensland and the ACT’s brightest young scientists are in Brisbane participating in the Fresh Science state final. The 60 state finalists have been chosen competitively for their discovery and for the quality of their research. Today, they will be trained in how to talk science to journalists, business and the public at a one […]
Today, 11 of South Australia and Tasmania’s brightest young scientists are in Adelaide participating in the Fresh Science state final. The 60 state finalists have been chosen competitively for their discovery and for the quality of their research. Today, they will be trained in how to talk science to journalists, business and the public at a one […]
Today, 12 of Western Australia’s brightest young scientists are in Perth participating in the Fresh Science state final. The 60 state finalists have been chosen competitively for their discovery and for the quality of their research. Today, they will be trained in how to talk science to journalists, business and the public at a one day media […]
How might tooth stem cells help repair damaged brains? How do trees cope with thirst and starvation? Do whales need personal space? And is there an early blood test for Alzheimer’s? These are some of the questions our 2013 Fresh Science State Finalists are working on. We’ve picked some of Australia’s brightest early-career scientists to participate […]
Nominations for Fresh Science 2013 are now closed. We look forward to reading about the work of the 2013 nominees and we’ll notify applicants of the results by email during the week starting Monday 25 March 2013. Successful applicants will participate in the state finals which will be held around Australia in April and May. […]
Fresh Science takes young researchers with no media experience and turns them into spokespeople for science. More than 60 early-career researchers get a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training and a public event in their home state. Then we throw the media spotlight on 12 of the best and…
Fresh Science takes young researchers with no media experience and turns them into spokespeople for science. More than 60 early-career researchers get a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training and a public event in their home state. Then we throw the media spotlight on 12 of the best and […]
Termites and ants are stockpiling gold in their mounds, new CSIRO research has found. Australia’s smallest and most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are. Insects can carry gold from underground up into their mounds. Dr Aaron Stewart and his CSIRO colleagues have shown that they also accumulate metals in their […]
Cooking minerals in huge mixing tanks can turn them to jelly, and an Adelaide researcher has found out why. The work could save the industry millions of dollars a year in lost production and cleaning costs. Sticky gel-like materials form during the liquid processing of mineral ores, when clays present in the deposits release elements […]
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 […]