Researchers at the University of New South Wales have improved the aerodynamics of aircraft by putting rows of tiny synthetic jets along the wings of aeroplanes —much like the suck and blow jets …
2010 L’Oréal-UNESCO Laureates announced
The winners of the 2010 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards were announced on 14 October 2009. …
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2009 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
2009 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science winners: John O’Sullivan: How astronomy freed the computer from its chains Nearly a billion people use John O’Sullivan’s invention every day. When you use a …
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How astronomy freed the computer from its chains: 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
John O’Sullivan Nearly a billion people use John O’Sullivan’s invention every day. When you use a WiFi network—at home, in the office or at the airport—you are using patented technology born of the …
Breaking the link between fat and diabetes: 2009 Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Michael Cowley Why do we get fat? What’s the link between obesity, diabetes and hypertension? Can we break the link? These are critical questions for Australia’s long-term health, and Michael Cowley …
Testing new technologies in the computer not the real world: 2009 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Amanda Barnard Every new technology brings opportunities and threats. Nanotechnology is no exception. It has the potential to create new materials that will dramatically improve drug delivery, medical …
Creating new careers in the rocks: 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools
Len Altman Geoscience is at the heart of some of humanity’s biggest challenges in the 21st Century: access to water; alternative energy sources like geothermal and hydro; and adapting to climate …
Living science: 2009 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
Allan Whittome Badgingarra Primary School is perched on a hill three hours north of Perth, looking out across fields of canola and wheat. The approach to the school is lined with sculptures of native …
L’Oréal Laureates win Nobel Prizes in Medicine and Chemistry
Two former L’Oréal Laureates have won 2009 Nobel Prizes. Australian-born US scientist Elizabeth Blackburn shares the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine with fellow US researchers Carol W. Greider and …
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Elizabeth Blackburn receives Nobel Prize
Elizabeth Blackburn will receive the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She shares the prize with Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak “for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected …
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Fresh Scientist wins Cosmopolitan Women of the Year
2007 Fresh Scientist Tu’uhevaha Kaitu’u-Lino has won the 2009 Cosmopolitan Fun, Fearless, Female, Women of Science – and a $10,000 cheque. She rose over celebrities, athletes, writers, designers …
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Find out the ‘Journey of Your Genes’
MELBOURNE RESIDENTS CELEBRATE THEIR DIVERSITY BY PARTICIPATING IN THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT Your deep ancestry dating back 60,000 years revealed Have you ever wanted to know where your ancient …
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