From Sydney to Cairns to Darwin to Perth, we want to hear about your sightings – a live fish, a saw on the wall of your local pub, or a photo from your family album. Link to HD sawfish footage, courtesy of Biopixel (the watermark must be retained). Link to media release backgrounder Photos and…
FOR VIDEO AND IMAGES CLICK HERE Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed a winning medicine formula that makes bad-tasting medicine taste nice, making it easier to treat sick children. The UWA study published by the journal Anaesthesia tested 150 children and found that the majority of children who were given the new…
Public help sought in state-wide hunt for meteorites, the science behind cooking the perfect steak, whoopee cushion as educational tool and more.
And what are the benefits for Australian research? Today in Washington DC, the Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley will open a four day workshop with more than 60 US defence researchers and 33 Australian nanotechnology scientists. The meeting, organised by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), will…
Applications for the L’Oréal For Women In Science Fellowships will open on 1 April 2012. You can view the 2011 selection criteria here http://www.scienceinpublic.com/loreal/applications. You can view some frequently asked questions here http:/…
Brooke Topelberg In 2003, Mrs Brooke Topelberg—only three years out from an education degree and just back from two years’ teaching in inner London—was appointed science coordinator of Westminster Primary School. The school is set in a high immigrant, low socio-economic suburban area in northern Perth. Science was a low priority at the school.
2011 marks the fifth year that L’Oréal Australia will award its For Women in Science Fellowships to Australian early-career female scientists. Since its inception in 2007, the Fellowships, worth $20,000 each, have been awarded to 14 outstanding fema…
In flour it reduces heart disease risk say Melbourne and WA researchers
You can lower your risk of heart disease significantly, just by using flour containing 40 per cent lupin beans in the place of conventional wholemeal flour, according to research by Victoria University dietitian Dr Regina Belski and colleagues from the University of Western Australia.
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Previously unknown species of naturally-occurring bacteria have the potential to save the alumina and aluminium industries millions of dollars while helping to reduce their impact on the environment, microbiologist Naomi McSweeney has found in a collaborative project between Alcoa, CSIRO and the University of Western Australia.