Inaugural Sydney Science Festival program released
06 August, 2015The inaugural Sydney Science Festival will feature 70 science-based events, tours, workshops, exhibitions and activities held in 34 venues across the NSW capital.
Vision for a Science Nation on the right track, says academy
05 August, 2015The Australian Academy of Science has broadly endorsed the government's consultation paper for boosting Australia's capability in STEM, Vision for a Science Nation.
Google introduces STEM to underrepresented students
03 August, 2015Google Australia has pledged to provide three Australian not-for-profits with $1 million in cash grants, which will be used to help promote STEM to underrepresented students such as girls, Indigenous Australians and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
AMS appointed distributor for ECD
24 July, 2015AMS Instrumentation & Calibration has been appointed exclusive distributor for the Electro-Chemical Devices (ECD) range of analytical instrumentation in its territories.
Expanded quality assurance for Sigma-Aldrich facilities
24 July, 2015Life science company Sigma-Aldrich has received ISO 13485 certification for expanded quality assurance capabilities at its Dekalb and Barton facilities located in St Louis, USA.
CSIRO's innovation masterplan
23 July, 2015CSIRO has released what it claims to be its masterplan to improve Australia's record in innovation and help the country respond to global changes and digital disruption.
Chubb encourages Australia's citizen scientists
23 July, 2015Australia's Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb has launched the paper 'Building Australia through Citizen Science', highlighting the important role of people in the community collecting data to help solve real-world problems.
Governments shouldn't be able to censor research results they don't like
20 July, 2015 by Kypros Kypri, University of NewcastleGovernments often impose legal conditions on such research that can subvert science and the public interest.
Prize for creative young scientists to honour the late Neil Lawrence
17 July, 2015The Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize (CILCP) is now open for 2015, looking to reward Australia's brightest young scientists for asking the bold questions that others would not think possible.
The BMJ now requires data sharing for all submitted trials
10 July, 2015The BMJ has become the first general medical journal to require data sharing for all trials. This means trials will be considered for publication only if the authors agree to make the relevant anonymised patient-level data available on reasonable request.
Call for more blind data recording
10 July, 2015ANU biologists have stated that journals should insist on blind trials more strongly in order to minimise bias.
QIAGEN and Seegene collaborate on multiplex assay panels
09 July, 2015QIAGEN and Seegene have announced a collaboration to develop a menu of multiplex assay panels for the QIAsymphony RGQ MDx automation platform.
Metrohm Applikon has a new name
08 July, 2015Laboratory instrumentation company Metrohm Applikon has announced its new brand for process analysis — Metrohm Process Analytics.
Agilent Technologies and Waters formalise instrument control exchange
08 July, 2015Agilent Technologies and Waters have announced a formal agreement to exchange instrument controls to improve the productivity of customers who own software and instruments from both companies.
INTEGRA's $10,000 cancer centre donation
07 July, 2015Laboratory tool provider INTEGRA Biosciences has made a $10,000 contribution to the Susan F Smith Center for Womens Cancers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, USA.
