Ancient campfires reveal a 50,000 year old grocer and pharmacy
For the first time in Australia, archaeobotany has been used by researchers from UWA to examine charcoal from ancient campfires
Fresh Science, Media releases
Inspiring Australia
Inspiring Tasmania
Tassie marine mapping project to go Australia-wide, public to join hunt for rare and endangered plants Aboriginal elders on podcasts
Oz Research of Note
Oz research of note – 7 November 2011
New technology for cleaning up nuclear spills, kids wearing the wrong seatbelts and re-writing the textbook on muscles and are
Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2011
Prime Minister’s Science Prizes 2011
The Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science were presented by the Prime Minister and the Innovation Minister at the Prize Dinner
Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2011
A new chlorophyll – redefining photosynthesis: 2011 Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year
Min Chen Among the single-celled cyanobacteria—formerly known as blue-green algae—which live in the ancient rock-like accumulations called stromatolites in Shark
Botanical Congress, Media releases
An end to rust, war on willows, protecting the potato and more – Friday at the International Botanical Congress
An end to rust? iPhones talking to the trees Protecting the potato War on willows
Botanical Congress, Media releases
What’s living in your street?
The Atlas of Living Australia will tell you. Within 5 km of News Limited in Holt Street, Sydney for example
Botanical Congress, Media releases
The Eternal Order in Nature: The Science of Botanical Illustration
Botanical illustration incorporates an extraordinary range of plant representations from flower paintings to finely detailed drawings of plants used for
Media releases, Women in Science
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Australian women scientists
Marking International Women’s Day, five of the world’s women leaders in science each received the $US100,000 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women