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Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Stephen Powles has won the American Chemical Society International Award for Research in agrochemicals.
Take a journey with the Australian Academy of Science and see how science has twisted and warped what was once the stuff of make-believe to give us the polymers and plastics that now shape our world.
Dr Maynard-Casely will take us on a journey to get to know the planets of our solar system more intimately through understanding their varied and downright dangerous insides.
Dr Oliver will explain how Australia is involved in the search for life on Mars and include a demonstration of Mars driving rovers on a 140 square metre replicated Martian surface.
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