Saving oiled penguins, halving brain scarring after stroke, building foldable batteries, and ‘flying’ sharks – these are some of the highlights of the past year featured in Stories of Australian Science 2016. Australians are collaborating with international colleagues to pinpoint the causes of Motor Neurone Disease, and to see through the smoke of bushfires. They’re … Continue reading Stories of Australian Science 2016
Two science teachers from New South Wales and Queensland are using fresh approaches to get kids interested in science – and keep them interested.
Graeme Jameson’s technologies use trillions of bubbles to add billions of dollars to the value of Australia’s mineral and energy industries. Graeme took flotation, a century-old technology developed in Broken Hill, and transformed it. A turbulent cloud of minute bubbles are pushed through a slurry of ground-up ore where they pick up tiny mineral particles … Continue reading Trillions of bubbles at work for Australia
Scientists in Australia and California have worked out how to unboil an egg. It may sound like an odd discovery, but it’s changed the way scientists think about manipulating proteins, an industry worth AU$160 billion per year. Flinders University Professor Colin Raston and his team have developed Vortex Fluid Technology – using mechanical energy, or … Continue reading Unboiling an egg
Jane Elith is one of the most influential environmental scientists in the world, though she rarely ventures into the field. She develops and assesses species distribution models, which are used by governments, land and catchment managers and conservationists around the world—in short, for applying the lessons of ecology.
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Australia’s science leaders have made WiFi possible, used trillions of bubbles to earn millions of dollars for Australia, invented polymer bank notes and much more. Australia awards its science leadership though a range of science prizes, from the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, to the CSL Florey Medal and ATSE’s Clunies Ross Awards. You can … Continue reading Leaders in science
From Ingrid Scheffer’s work on the the genetics of epilesy, which is bringing hope to families, to Angela Moles re-defining the field of ecology – many of Australia’s most innovative women have taken home a Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. Read more about the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science winners. Each year L’Oréal Australia also awards three … Continue reading Women in Science
State Awards “Trait-based ecology” enables Macquarie University’s Mark Westoby to explain patterns of species occurrence and abundance and to understand the impacts of climate change and changing patterns of land use. He received the $55,000 NSW Scientist of the Year. Nanocapsules for drugs delivery: Frank Caruso is making miniature capsules that could better deliver drugs … Continue reading Predicting change, brains, trains and mental health
The printed jet engine, pain relief from tarantula venom, teaching stem cells to forget, searching for dark matter in a gold mine, better bread, and a new Pony Express. These are some of the highlights of the past year featured in Stories of Australian Science 2015. And we have a special feature on Australia–Japan collaboration: … Continue reading Stories of Australian Science 2015
