Call for applications for 2021 APEC ASPIRE Prize
22 March, 2021The Australian Academy of Science invites applications for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education (ASPIRE Prize) for 2021.
Aus Academy of Science announces 2021 honorific awardees
12 March, 2021Outstanding contributions to science have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science, which has presented its 2021 honorific awards to 24 recipients.
STEM study encouraged as Kerry Chant wins NSW Woman of the Year
10 March, 2021Australian governments have been acknowledging the contributions of women to STEM, as well as announcing incentives to join the sector.
Nominations open for 2021 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
12 February, 2021The prizes recognise outstanding achievements in scientific research, research-based innovation and excellence in science teaching.
COVID-19 Grand Challenge Winners announced
11 December, 2020The global competition encouraged participants to build world-class data science techniques that accelerate novel COVID-19 research and drive smart and safe decision-making.
Former triathlete wins 2020 GSK Award for Research Excellence
04 December, 2020Professor Mark Febbraio won the award for leading the development of a potential new treatment for obesity, type 2 diabetes and muscle mass loss.
2020 Eureka Prizes go to a 'milkshake for malaria', ABC's Coronacast and an energy-making sewerage system
26 November, 2020 by Noor Gillani, Deputy Editor, Science and Technology, The ConversationThe prizes, presented by the Australian Museum, acknowledge a diverse group of brilliant minds tackling global problems.
Aus researchers recognised for synchrotron science
13 November, 2020ANSTO has announced accolades for Professor Peter Lay and Dr Wei Kong Pang, in recognition of their contributions to synchrotron research.
2020 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science awarded
29 October, 2020A team that was instrumental in the world-first detection of gravitational waves has won the 2020 Prime Minister's Prize for Science.
2020 Nobel Prize winners announced
09 October, 2020The 2020 Nobel Prizes recognise the discoveries of hepatits C, black holes and CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors.
Data science competition to tackle COVID-19
01 October, 2020C3.ai is encouraging data scientists, developers, researchers and creative thinkers from around the world to participate in the C3.ai COVID-19 Grand Challenge.
ATSE opens award nominations, encourages STEM investment
23 September, 2020Each year, ATSE recognises leading lights who make extraordinary contributions to technological science and engineering in Australia.
Vibrating worm wins Aus researchers 2020 Ig Nobel Prize
21 September, 2020The researchers won the Ig Nobel Physics Prize for determining what happens to the shape of a living earthworm when one vibrates the earthworm at high frequency.
Aussie team wins COVID-19 hackathon
14 August, 2020 by Lauren DavisThe team won the Best Use of Technology category in NASA's Space Apps COVID-19 Challenge virtual hackathon with their COVID-19 safe air purifying solution.
ATSE announces 2020 award winners
03 August, 2020The Academy of Technology and Engineering's 2020 Innovation and Excellence Awards recognised breakthroughs in fields including biotech, agriculture and engineering.
