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About the Academy Awards Basser Library Education Events Fellowship International   Activities and collaborations   Grants for scientific visits Media releases   News National Committees Nobel Australians Policy Reports and submissions Publications   Annual Reports   Newsletters   President's notes   Reports and submissions The Shine Dome   About the Dome   Hiring information Academy administration (staff only)		Public lecture: Water as a limiting resource in dryland agriculture In this public lecture on Tuesday 1 December, Dr John Passioura will explore the prospects for substantially improving water-limited yields, with emphasis on Australia, against the backdrop of a wide range of other requirements and possible impediments. Further information (Posted 23 November 2009) Transcript available: Converging insecurities – water, energy, carbon and food The transcript and slides from the public lecture by Andrew Campbell are now available. Further information (Posted 23 November 2009) Big tick for Academy primary science education program Media release (Posted 20 November 2009) Excuse me! The problem with methane gas Latest Nova: Science in the News topic. (Posted 17 November 2009) Transcript available: Food security in a changing climate The transcript and slides from the public lecture by 50th Anniversary Selby Fellow, Professor Peter Gregory, are now available. Further information (Posted 11 November 2009) Postdoctoral and Invitation Fellowships in Japan 2010 The Australian Academy of Science, in association with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invites applications from Australian researchers to undertake postdoctoral and invitation fellowships in Japan in 2010. Closing date is COB Friday 5 February 2010. Information and application forms (Posted 11 November 2009) Nobel prize won by corresponding member of Academy Professor Elizabeth Blackburn, a corresponding member of the Academy, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Further information (Posted 6 October 2009) United Nations climate change conference The United Nations climate change conference, COP 15, will be held in Copenhagen from the 7-18 December 2009. For information on this and previous COP meetings see International Deliberations from Nova: Science in the news. (Posted 28 September 2009)	Linking science with literacy. Looks at the science behind the headlines. Interviews with outstanding Australian scientists. A junior secondary school science project. A science program for primary schools. International Frontiers of Science and Technology. The peak organisation for Australia's four learned academies.
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