The Australian Research Council’s 'Linkage Projects' is part of the National Competitive Grants Programme introduced in 2001.

The Australian Academy of Science argues that the 'Protection of Human Genetic Information Issues Paper 26', raises important issues for those engaged in scientific and medical research in Australia, and for the wider community.

Scientists at Australia’s national university have developed a plant that could help transform Mars from barren red planet to a green oasis.

The Australian Academy of Science has expressed dismay at the process used by the new coalition government to impose priority areas of research on the Australian Research Council.

A collaborative study is under way in Victoria, using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the brain to assess the effect of Botulinum toxin A on learned arm movements in children with cerebral palsy.

The Western Australian state government has given in-principle support to plans to establish one of the world's largest commercial super computers in Western Australia.

The changing culture of science education will be the focus for a major national conference to be held in Tasmania from 6 July to 11 July.

The Brain Research Institute (BRI) has secured an $8.225 million grant to support epilepsy research.

The Queensland Government and The University of Queensland have announced that a $50 million Australian Institute of Bio-Engineering and Nanotechnology will be established in Brisbane.

The search for a vaccine for malaria has intensified after Monash University researchers received a major international grant to help their assault on the deadly disease.

Work has begun on the South Australian state government's $14 million Australian Science and Maths School, which will reform science and maths teaching in Australia.

Elimination of defects in wheat and barley, answers to hostile and/or altered soils, national initiatives on pulses and soil biology, precision agriculture and new grain products rank highly in a new agenda for the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

Total commonwealth funding through the education, science and training portfolio will rise by nearly $480 million between now and 2004. In 2004, resources provided to universities will be around $6.3 billion (which does not include science programs transferred to the portfolio in November 2001).

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has called on New Zealand researchers to link with some of his state's leading research institutions to unlock the scientific mysteries of the 21st century.

Scientists from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, US, have found the key signal that allows a group of normally stationary cells in the ovary to travel.