Curtin medal for a Nobel professor
22 June, 2012Nobel Laureate and molecular biologist Professor Elizabeth Blackburn was awarded the Curtin Medal for Excellence in Medical Research at The Australian National University this morning.
Awards support the future of agricultural science
21 June, 2012Dr Matt Cahill, Dow AgroSciences Research and Development Leader for Australia and New Zealand, and the Hon Sid Sidebottom, Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, have recognised the work of promising students and inspirational teachers in the primary industries sector with the presentation of annual awards.
Magnetic resonance imaging pioneer honoured
18 June, 2012UniQuest has congratulated The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor Stuart Crozier on receiving a 2012 Academy of Technology and Engineering Sciences (ATSE) Clunies Ross Award for his 20-year commitment to the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
The Australian Innovation Challenge hunts for the nation’s best ideas
18 June, 2012The search is on again for the nation’s greatest ideas - in fields from environmental science to education - through the $70,000 The Australian Innovation Challenge awards.
CSIRO’s WLAN technology wins international award
18 June, 2012Australian science has been recognised as among the world’s best after the Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, announced that the CSIRO inventors behind the WLAN technology have won the European Inventors Award.
Oldest working Gilson pipette found
08 June, 2012Since February this year, John Morris Scientific has been conducting a campaign to locate the oldest working Gilson pipette in Australia and New Zealand. The winner, Denise Lupton, Chief Technician at the University of Western Australia, submitted a Gilson P200, manufactured prior to 1979.
Victoria’s leading postgraduate health and medical researchers recognised
04 June, 2012Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and Minister for Health David Davis have announced that Dr Stefan Gehrig has been awarded the prestigious Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research for 2012.
Canon’s imaging science prize open for entries
23 May, 2012Canon’s local research and development arm CiSRA, in collaboration with Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, is calling for Australian university students to enter the 2012 Extreme Imaging competition.
Students win Australian finals of 2012 Imagine Cup with handheld digital stethoscope to detect pneumonia
03 May, 2012A team of Victorian university students has invented a digital stethoscope that could help millions in the developing world by assisting in the early diagnosis of childhood pneumonia. The four students, known as ‘Team StethoCloud’, triumphed against four other teams to win the Australian finals of the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup challenge.
Academy of Science awards Australia’s top scientists
26 April, 2012The Australian Academy of Science will present its highest awards to eminent scientists on Thursday 3 May 2012 for contributions to their fields of research.
Three Australian Academy of Science Fellows elected to Royal Society
24 April, 2012Three Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science have been elected to the Royal Society of London, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. Professor Brian Schmidt, Professor Hugh O’Neill and Dr Trevor McDougall are among 44 scientists elected to the Royal Society in 2012.
Edmund Optics 2012 Higher Education Grant Program accepting applications
17 April, 2012Optical components provider Edmund Optics is now accepting applications for their 2012 Edmund Optics Higher Education Grant Program.
New online award set to make science sexy
16 April, 2012Science is set to become one of the hottest subjects on the timetable for students in Years Nine and 10, following the launch of the inaugural Science for Growth Awards. The awards are being piloted in New South Wales and Queensland before a national launch in 2013.
Australian wastewater innovation wins international water prize
22 March, 2012Brisbane-based company Bilexys, originating from The University of Queensland (UQ), has won the Pre-Revenue Track award in the US$200,000 Imagine H20 2011 Prize - the world’s premier competition for water start-up companies.
UTAS innovator wins international science award
20 March, 2012Professor Emily Hilder, from the University of Tasmania, has won the prestigious LCGC 2012 Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award. This is the first time the award has been presented to an Australian researcher and the first time to a female researcher.
