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Dark matter researcher gets top honour in science awards

Professor Ken Freeman from the Australian National University has been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s highest honour for research in the physical sciences, the Matthew Flinders Medal.

The award will be given to Professor Freeman during the Australian Academy of Science’s annual event, Science at the Shine Dome today, for his work in the field of astronomy studying dark matter in galaxies.

“The nature of dark matter remains one of the great problems of contemporary astrophysics,” Professor Freeman said.

American graduate students experience research in Australia

The Australian Academy of Science is pleased to welcome 20 American graduate students to Australia for the 2013 East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) program, co-managed by the Academy and the United States National Science Foundation.

The EAPSI program provides US graduate students in science and engineering first-hand experience of conducting research in Australian laboratories.

Scientific collaboration strengthened with Indonesia

The Australian Academy of Science and the Indonesian Academy of Sciences will today sign a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Scientific Cooperation.

The President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Suzanne Cory, is currently visiting Indonesia by invitation of the Australian Embassy in Jakarta and the President of Indonesian Academy of Sciences, Professor Sangkot Marzuki.

Professor Cory said she hopes the MOU will strengthen Australia’s scientific ties with one of its closest neighbours.

Invest in research and translation: stand up for Australia's future

Australian researchers call for all-party, non-partisan backing

Australia’s research and science community today joined together to call on all of our political leaders to put short-term politics aside and back a strategic national research policy to build a stronger, smarter nation.

Academy: Strategic Research Priorities set a basis for long-term, strategic vision for Australia

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the release of the 15 Strategic Research Priorities (SRP) today by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb.

The Secretary of Science Policy for the Academy, Professor Les Field, said it was heartening that the process of establishing a long-term, strategic vision that makes the most of our natural talent and helps the nation flourish economically and socially has begun.

“It’s very good to see a whole-of-government approach to investing in research,” Professor Field said.

Australian Academy of Science President to address National Press Club

D/evolving Australia

President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Suzanne Cory, will focus on the serious issues facing science in Australia and launch the Academy’s policy platform for the 2013 federal election, during her address at the National Press Club of Australia on 3 July 2013.

Professor Cory will talk about how the current piecemeal approach is threatening food and water security, Australia’s natural heritage; our capacity to build a skilled workforce; and our international competitive edge.

Sound advice from top bionic ear researcher at the Shine Dome

Professor Graeme Clark led the research that resulted in the first clinically approved multiple-channel cochlear implant, providing speech understanding in profoundly deaf people.

He will give insights into his work during a free public lecture on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science at the Shine Dome in Canberra on Tuesday 2 July 2013.

How electrical stimulation of the brain gives speech understanding to severely deaf people

Professor Graeme Clark led the research that resulted in the first clinically approved multiple-channel cochlear implant, providing speech understanding in profoundly deaf people.

He will give insights into his work during a free public lecture on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science tonight at the Shine Dome in Canberra.

Academy President to Press Club: Invest in science or fall behind

President of the Australian Academy of Science, Professor Suzanne Cory, today launched the Academy’s policy platform for the 2013 federal election, during her address at the National Press Club of Australia.

Professor Cory highlighted the importance of a sustained and strategic approach to science if Australia is to thrive.

“Australia must invest more in research and development: to protect our economic competitiveness, our social wellbeing, and our quality of life; to build our resilience and to protect our future productivity,” Professor Cory said.

Australian scientists visit Japan for marine science workshop

The Japan-Australia Marine Science Workshop starts tomorrow in Tokyo, providing 18 Australian experts and their Japanese counterparts with an unprecedented opportunity to explore common areas of interest in the marine environment.

The theme of the workshop is: Understanding global change impacts and opportunities in tropical and subtropical marine ecosystems.

Australian co-chair of the workshop, Australian Institute of Marine Science CEO John Gunn, hopes it will reinforce Australia’s scientific relationship with Japan.

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