The 2018 recipients were: Revealing the breathing planet, sea levels and precise navigation: Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO, ANU, Canberra, $250,000 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science …
Revealing the breathing Earth: The 2018 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck AO has revealed how our planet changes shape—every second, every day, and over millennia. These changes influence sea levels, the …
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Switching light for faster, more reliable internet: The 2018 Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation
The Finisar team: Dr Simon Poole, Mr Andrew Bartos, Dr Glenn Baxter and Dr Steven Frisken Finisar have created technologies that make global internet connections faster and more efficient. About …
Saving frogs, and revealing new extinction threats: The 2018 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Dr Lee Berger Dr Lee Berger solved the global mystery of disappearing frogs and challenged paradigms about wildlife health, all in the course of her PhD. Starting in the 1970s frogs disappeared in …
Making flexible crystals and new separation technologies: The 2018 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Associate Professor Jack Clegg Our smartphones, like all modern electronic devices, are packed with crystal semiconductors. When we drop them, it’s not just the screen that breaks. Crystals as we know …
A steerable guidewire to improve the treatment of heart disease: The 2018 Prize for New Innovators
Dr Geoff Rogers Dr Geoff Rogers has created a robotic guidewire that cardiologists can steer with a joystick through the body to reach a damaged artery. The use of guidewires has replaced open heart …
A school where everyone teaches science: The 2018 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools
Mr Brett Crawford Mr Brett Crawford has transformed science teaching at Warrigal Road State School in Brisbane. All the school’s 50-plus teachers now actively teach science in their classes. Warrigal …
Opening young eyes to careers in science, technology, engineering and maths: Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in Secondary Schools
Dr Scott Sleap Cessnock in New South Wales was traditionally a mining town, but today’s high-value jobs in the Hunter Valley are in agriculture, tourism and increasingly in aerospace. Williamtown is …