Australian and British neurobiologist Professor Geoffrey Burnstock has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s Macfarlane Burnet Medal in recognition of his outstanding scientific research in the biological sciences.
Australian and British neurobiologist Professor Geoffrey Burnstock has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s Macfarlane Burnet Medal in recognition of his outstanding scientific research in the biological sciences.
PhD student Mortaza Rezae from Curtin University is the winner of the second Australian Falling Walls Lab, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science.
A meeting hosted by the Australian Academy of Science this week, through its Future Earth Australia initiative, has reinforced the importance of close collaboration across Australia’s research sector both domestically and internationally.
The Academy hosted a meeting of the Belmont Forum, an international partnership that brings together key international funding agencies and the International Council of Science.
The Forum's core focus is to mobilise the funding of environmental change research and accelerate its delivery to remove critical barriers to sustainability.
Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Stephen Powles has won the American Chemical Society International Award for Research in Agrochemicals.
Australian-led collaborative projects to help address the Asia–Pacific affordable housing crisis, tackle hepatitis B and monitor the impact of coastal climate changes are amongst five research organisations to receive $897,210 collectively in Australian Government funding today.
Prominent international scientists Dr Christina Kellogg, Professor Stefanie Dimmeler and Dr Graham Nugent have been awarded Australian Academy of Science Travelling Fellowships. The Fellowships foster the international exchange of scientific ideas and support lectures for the general public.
The Australian Academy of Science’s innovative approach to primary school science education has been recognised with a win at the Australian Publishers Association (APA)‘s 2017 Educational Publishing Awards.
The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the bipartisan approach to establish an Australian space agency and says a national coordination framework must be a first order priority for the agency.
The framework would provide priority setting and strategic funding and enable Australia’s space industry sector to mature and flourish.
The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the bipartisan approach to establish an Australian space agency and says a national coordination framework must be a first order priority for the agency.
The framework would provide priority setting and strategic funding and enable Australia’s space industry sector to mature and flourish.
Leading scientists say bringing together the space industry under a strategic coordination framework must be the first order of business upon the establishment of a home-grown space agency.
The conclusion forms part of the Australian Academy of Science’s Vision for Space Science and Technology in Australia, launched today at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC2017) in Adelaide.
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