The Australian Academy of Science commends the Government’s commitment to maintain funding for science research through the Australian Research Council (ARC) and Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs).
“This is an investment in Australia’s long term prosperity and security,” said Academy President Professor Suzanne Cory.
Science in Asia will be more visible and effective under a merger between the two groupings of Asian science academies, brokered over several years with leadership from the Australian Academy of Science.
Professor Kurt Lambeck, President of the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies (FASAS) and immediate past President of the Australian Academy of Science, has been instrumental in bringing about a merger with Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA).
The Australian Academy of Science today welcomed the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper’s recognition that international scientific collaborations are crucial to Australia’s relevance internationally.
“The White Paper is consistent with the position taken by the Academy in its 2011 paper, Australian science in a changing world: innovation requires global engagement, which calls for strategic national co-ordination to complement and optimise the taxpayer’s investment in science and innovation,” said Academy President, Professor Suzanne Cory.
The Australian Academy of Science today offers warm congratulations to long-time Fellow, Professor Kenneth Freeman, for winning the 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
“Professor Freeman was the first to identify the necessity of dark matter in galaxies, shaping the current understanding in the field of astronomy,” said Academy President Professor Suzanne Cory.
Take a journey through the immensity of our universe from planet earth to the nearest stars, our Milky Way galaxy, and beyond to the edge of the observable universe, with Professor Richard de Grijs from Peking University.
Professor de Grijs is visiting Australia as part of the Australian Academy of Science’s Selby lecture tour and will be speaking today at the Shine Dome in Canberra.
Professor Margaret Alston from Monash University will challenge the assumptions that rural communities will down-scale in efficient ways to make way for new environmental realities such as water scarcity or climate change. In an Australian Academy of Science public lecture entitled Rural policy, people and place: sustainability in an uncertain future, Professor Alston will examine the changes and uncertainties due to climate change, environment, telecommunications, health and education that are shaping Australia’s rural spaces.
Cancer researcher Professor Jerry Adams has won the Australian Academy of Science’s most prestigious award for biological sciences, the Macfarlane Burnet Medal.
Joint head of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s (WEHI) Molecular Genetics of Cancer division, Professor Adams showed how errors in chromosomal arrangements contribute to tumour growth.
His team studies the natural process of cell death, or apoptosis, and how flaws in this process contribute to cancer development and resistance to therapy.
Concerned about confusion created by contradictory information about immunisation, the Australian Academy of Science has brought together Australia’s top immunologists to write a comprehensive snapshot of the science of immunisation.
Written in an easily-accessible style and supplemented with clear illustrations, this new booklet answers common questions and dispels common myths about the pros and cons of immunisation. It is designed to assist every Australian to make an informed decision about immunisation.
Australia and the world are locking in massive investments in fossil fuels in contradiction to the need for emergency action on climate change, thereby grossly overvaluing companies with fossil fuel reserves, speakers will tell the Ticking time bombs in the Human-Earth system conference in Canberra next week. Organised by the Australian Academy of Science’s National Committee for Earth System Science, the conference being held on 26-27 November at the Shine Dome in Canberra will focus on several key issues in the human-earth system that require urgent attention:
Common myths about immunisation have been laid to rest in a comprehensive new booklet written by the nation’s top immunologists and published by the Australian Academy of Science.
Devised by a national panel of experts in response to confusion created by contradictory information in the public domain, The Science of Immunisation: Questions and Answers explains the latest immunology science in accessible language.
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