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On Wednesday 24 August the three L’Oréal Fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron for the L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science school forums.
The three fellows presented their research to over 160 high achieving female students in year’s 9-12.
The students then had the opportunity to ask the fellows questions about their day to day life, how they got to where they are now and their research.
Tamara Davis, an award-winning astrophysicist from the University of Queensland, is the 2011 Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics lecturer. Tamara, who was a 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellow, is giving public talks and talks to school students on the search for dark matter and dark energy in the Universe [Read more…] about The AIP Women in Physics lecture tour: Tamara Davis on ‘The dark side of the Universe’
Today at the 3rd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry in Melbourne this week, we explore treating mental illness with exercise, diet, mindfulness, meditation, complementary medicines and seafood. Is it time to go back to basics in treating mood disorders?
More on the Congress below. [Read more…] about Giving birth to depression, one psychiatrist for half a million people and other stories
This week, Melbourne is hosting the 3rd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry, exploring the interaction of Western and Eastern traditions.
Asia has many mental health challenges. Some countries face rapid economic growth, westernisation and associated mental health issues. [Read more…] about Depression, yoga, tsunamis and Asian Psychiatry
As many as two-thirds of the world’s 350,000 plant species are in danger of extinction in nature during the course of the 21st century. Human beings depend on plants for almost every aspect of life, and our expectations of using them to build more sustainable, healthier, and better lives in the future. [Read more…] about XVIII International Botanical Congress resolutions
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, CSIRO
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) and Museum Victoria (MV) are proud to announce the launch of the Australian Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL). [Read more…] about The Atlas of Living Australia
The man who heads up the world’s largest integrated bioenergy research institute is pretty confident the US will meet its target of producing 30 per cent of its transport fuels from plants by the year 2030. And Australia is helping them do it. [Read more…] about Cellulose: from paper planes to powering jet planes
Australia’s wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust—for now.
In 1999 a new strain of stem rust, a devastating fungal disease of wheat, emerged in Uganda. It has now spread to north to Yemen and Iran, and south to South Africa. Rust transport from South Africa to Australia by wind has been documented in the past. [Read more…] about Saving the world’s wheat from rusting