More exciting than the law, more glamorous than accounting…

Tamzin on 19 March, 2014

asta logo - smallAustralia’s Future: 28 creative careers for adventurous young people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb this morning launched Australia’s Future, a free magazine featuring 28 people and the very different journeys they’ve taken from their studies in science and maths, in the Mural Hall at Parliament House, Canberra.

Dr Liz New, a chemist at the University of Sydney, reckons she’s got the best job anyone could have.

“We have this idea that scientists are the ones who perform best in school or have a focused personality,” says Liz. “For me, the scientific personality is simply anyone who is curious enough to ask questions.”

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Nobel laureate presents school science project

Operations on 12 December, 2012

Posted on behalf of the University of New South Wales

It’s not every day that school students get to present their science project to a major scientific conference, and rarer still to receive a prize for it from a Nobel Laureate.

That’s the happy experience today for a team of four Year 11 students from Gosford High School, who have won a national competition conducted by UNSW and the Australian Institute of Physics.

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Unlimited clean power; sophisticated, target treatment for cancer and more – national physics congress in Sydney

Operations on 10 December, 2012

These and more at the national physics congress starting today in Sydney. Read More about Unlimited clean power; sophisticated, target treatment for cancer and more – national physics congress in Sydney