Astronomer wins 2012 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
01 November, 2012Professor Ken Freeman has received the $300,000 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science for almost 50 years’ work shaping and changing the human view of galaxies and the universe.
So you think you can dance your PhD? University of Sydney scientist wins international competition
17 October, 2012A University of Sydney scientist has outclassed ballerinas, breakdancers and flaming hula hoops to dance his way to victory in the fifth annual ‘Dance your PhD’ competition.
SKA astronomers shine at WA Science Awards
15 October, 2012Two astronomers involved in the Square Kilometre Array telescope project have been recognised at the 2012 WA Science Awards.
Award winner’s “findings have radically modified climate science”
13 September, 2012Australian National University (ANU) researcher Professor Kurt Lambek has won the prestigious 2012 Balzan Prize for Solid Earth Sciences for his work on climate change.
Winning research-based ideas blaze a bright trail for the future
10 September, 2012New approaches to cancer treatment and improved nickel mining output were the winning ideas from the Grand Final of UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer innovative ideas competition, held at The University of Queensland (UQ) on 4 September 2012.
NSW’s top scientists and researchers urged to nominate for $55,000 prize
31 July, 2012Acting NSW Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner has called for nominations for the 2012 NSW Science and Engineering Awards to recognise and reward the state’s leading scientists, engineers and researchers.
Australian scientist awarded Royal Medal
11 July, 2012Internationally recognised chemist Professor Andrew Holmes has been awarded the 2012 Royal Medal - the only Australian in 10 years to receive the award.
Chemistry right for award-winning UWS student
26 June, 2012A University of Western Sydney student’s high-calibre chemistry experiments, which may lead to better cancer detection, have been recognised by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
Sunflower seed drug discovery earns national award
25 June, 2012The discovery that a cancer drug is hiding in sunflower seeds has won a University of Queensland (UQ) plant scientist a national award.
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.
