8 August 2017, launch at 8.30am at Australian Museum 1 William Street, Sydney. Please enter via Crystal Hall, corner of William and College Streets With NSW Chief Scientist Mary O’Kane, Australian …
Future Earth, life on Mars, and a gallery full of bloody science
August a prime time to talk innovation and science—National Science Week kicks off 12 August It’s time to plan your coverage of over 1,800 events across Australia for National Science Week from …
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Wine science, outer-space, hackerspaces, the scent of death, and are you a slave to your smartphone?
A taste of some of the 1,800+ National Science Week events and activities around the country. What’s your relationship with your phone? (national) Is your future written in your genes? …
What are your gut bugs telling you to do?
What fly guts could reveal about our health: microbes in the gut can influence diet and reproduction, and the changes could be passed on to the next generation. Discoveries from Macquarie …
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Gender in the lab: is science inclusive?; making more sustainable fertilisers
Friday 28 July 2017, at the RACI Centenary Chemistry Congress, Melbourne Convention Centre Today at the Centenary Chemistry Congress Gender in the lab: is science inclusive and how do we stop …
Better batteries for electric cars; smartphone testing for diseases & clean water; Nobel Laureate who transformed fuels, plastic and drugs; and more
Thursday 27 July 2017, at the RACI Centenary Chemistry Congress, Melbourne Convention Centre Today at the Centenary Chemistry Congress Sniffing out rhino horn and ivory: creating an electronic …
The inventor of the nanocar; the man who unboiled an egg is now unfolding a $160 billion industry; confusing insects so they can’t mate; and more
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, at the RACI Centenary Chemistry Congress, Melbourne Convention Centre Today at the Centenary Chemistry Congress From a molecular motor to the nanocar and beyond: 2016 …
Chemical terrorism a stark reality; periodic table on a hair; how water and CO2 can replace toxic solvents; wood waste into green chemistry; and more
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, at the RACI Centenary Chemistry Congress, Melbourne Convention Centre Nobel Peace Prize winner on eliminating chemical weapons While the threat of countries using chemical …
Business can solve today’s intractable challenges says Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, but Australia is falling behind
Business can help make the world a better place by driving the solutions to problems like climate change, food security and rising energy demand. "I firmly believe that the companies who will lead …
Growing bones; inside Chernobyl; Obama green chemistry adviser; Trump’s Aussie mate; from frog venom to TV screens
It’s a week of discovering how chemistry is changing our world—international and national speakers are in Melbourne and ready to talk. Here are some highlights and we’ll have daily alerts for you with …
First female scientist to win the David Syme Research Prize in over thirty years
Fighting drug resistant bugs with ‘tyre tracks’ Cynthia Whitchurch discovered that dangerous bacteria in biofilms follow each other like ants, or 4WD drivers following tracks in the sand. Then she …
Meet the publisher who believes science should be social and research should be read
Steven Inchcoombe, Chief Publishing Officer for Springer Nature, is visiting Australia. Steven Inchcoombe is the Chief Publishing Officer for Springer Nature, overseeing the publication of over …