Welcome to our Stories of Australian Science 2011 collection.
We’ve put it together to give journalists around the world a taste of the breadth and depth of Australian science and to introduce some interesting people and potential stories.
Among the 50 stories presented below, you’ll catch up with past winners of the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, as well as the brilliant young scientists of the L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships and of Fresh Science.
The land beneath
Preparing for the worst
- OPAL reactor fingerprints Aboriginal ochre
- Preparing for the worst
- A step towards an everlasting battery
Recognising science leaders since 2000
- Back to the future for father of biotechnology
- Seeing fish through rocks
- The life and death of blood cells
- Saving our skins
- Virtual management of the world’s oceans
- How a molecular assassin operates
- Unmasking melanoma early
- Curing cancer with radiation – safely
- Two steps forward for cancer detection
The right forecast
- Stopping parasite means more, safer meat
- Giving farmers more timely weather and climate forecasts
- Australian farmers bring climate research to the paddock
Science stories
- Plastic not fantastic for seabirds
- Saving koalas by vaccination
- Rapid identity check for border security pests
- Diamonds for extreme electronics
- Body’s power plants offer clues to Parkinson’s disease
- Cementing a greener future
- Skin deep discovery reveals immune mysteries
- Improved myopia treatment in sight
- Pain relief from the sea