Applications are now open for outstanding early-career researchers under the age of 40 who are working in Australian universities and research institutions across science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medical research.
‘Top 5 under 40’ is an initiative run by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and ABC Radio National to discover a new generation of science thinkers and give them a voice.
The Victorian Platform Technologies Network (VPTN) is a network of open access facilities with state-of-the-art infrastructure and capabilities to support the broader research sector in Victoria, throughout Australia and around the world. There are currently more than 130 facilities in the VPTN with over 800 instruments and services and more than 500 dedicated and expert staff to assist.
VPTN facilities are accessible to both academic and industry-based researchers
Registrations are now open for Science at the Shine Dome 2016.
Science & Technology Australia, in partnership with Asia and the Pacific Policy Society at the Crawford School of Public Policy of The Australian National University (ANU), presents a one-day conference to enable policymakers and scientists to achieve better public policy outcomes.
Science by Doing is an innovative online science program developed by the Academy with the support of the Australian Government which is free to all Australian students and teachers. It consists of digital curriculum units for students in Years 7 to 10, designed to engage and excite them in their science learning.
The Academy’s science outreach website, Nova: science for curious minds, continues to grow in both visits and content since its relaunch on 30 June. New topics since September include:
Readers of the newsletter will notice that the Academy website is sporting a fresher, more modern look. It’s not all cosmetic; behind-the-scenes work is making the site perform better on both desktop and mobile devices.
We’ve also taken the opportunity to make a few changes to the navigation—the menus and the way we group content—with the aim of making it a better user experience.
A researcher who studies how pain works in our brains is the latest scientist to feature in the Academy’s Brain Box podcast series.
In the interview, neuroscientist Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon talks about why we need to study pain and whether or not you can really feel someone else’s pain.
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