This week we're at the 3rd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry. Visit the Congress media pages here: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/wcap And the Congress pages at …
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Designer roots to counter drought
Genetics can be used to shape plants underground so they absorb water better Recent discoveries by a University of Queensland agricultural scientist provide the basis for custom designing plant …
Tammar wallaby’s clever immune tricks revealed
Two thymus glands fast-track immune defences - Baby wallaby photos available Until now, it was a mystery why many marsupials have two thymuses—key organs in the immune system—instead of the one …
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Did the internet break yesterday
Written by and posted on behalf of Tony Hill, IPv6Now. Yesterday the world trialled the 'new Internet', the new address system that will open up the future of the Internet allowing you to have an …
Will the internet work for you on Wednesday?
Schools, Google and Facebook testing the new Internet on ‘World IPv6 Day’ The world is running out of Internet addresses. A new system of addresses will fix that and allow you to have an address …
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Making hearing aids in Melbourne
The next generation of hearing aids could be made in Melbourne thanks to a Victorian government grant that will fast-track the prototyping of Australian-designed hearing aids. The $50,000 small …
A hearing aid you install yourself
Invented in Melbourne with bionic ear technology Melbourne researchers have invented a small, smart, self-managed hearing aid that outperforms most conventional hearing aids for less than half the …
WiSE Summit communiqué: commitments to action 11 April 2011
CSIRO, Australia’s largest employer of researchers on Monday 11 April committed to remove barriers to the promotion of highly skilled women and to increase incentives to encourage women to return to …
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The female brain drain – we’re losing our best minds
Summit: Monday 11 April 10.30am to 4 pm Mural Hall, Parliament House Canberra, Media welcome What are CSIRO, ANSTO, the ARC, the NHMRC, Cochlear, CSL…going to do about it? We’re losing our top young …
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Ensuring Australia’s mining future
Australian Academy of Science media release AAS 1/11 Sixty of Australia’s big-thinking young geoscientists have identified how to ensure this country continues to be a powerhouse of mining for …
Good Aussie home wanted for $140 million gravitational wave detector
9 December 2010 US researchers are offering Australia a gravitational wave detector worth $140 million provided Australia can build an appropriate facility, costing a further $140 million, to house …
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Tomorrow’s technology pioneers; diamond in your eyes and your blood and other stories
Wednesday 8 December 2010 Today’s stories from the physics conference in Melbourne include: Tomorrow’s technology pioneers recognised today From the laser to quantum optics Prof Kostya (Ken) …