A call for ideas for The Australian Innovation Challenge
24 August, 2011
The Australian Innovation Challenge is now open to both individuals and teams in a range of professional categories and one general public category.
Earthquake engineer Dr Bill Robinson is honoured
22 August, 2011
Renowned earthquake engineer's passing a great loss to science community.
UWA and Agilent to create plant protein monitoring database
18 August, 2011
The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Agilent Technologies have announced that the Australian Research Centre’s Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, located in UWA, will use Agilent’s informatics systems in its research to build the world’s first plant protein monitoring database.
Desalination work finalist at Eureka awards
16 August, 2011
A new kind of material that could be used to make the desalination of seawater much cheaper has made Associate Professor Ben Corry a finalist.
Cleaning up the world starts in Adelaide
16 August, 2011
CleanUp 2011 will be held at the Hilton Adelaide hotel in Adelaide, South Australia, from 7-15 September 2011.
National Science Week has been launched
15 August, 2011
National Science Week 2011 was officially launched at the Queensland Museum by Australia's Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb AC.
Glass Expansion 2011 ICP-OES/ICP-MS supplies and accessories catalogue
12 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Glass Expansion Pty Ltd
The 2011 Glass Expansion catalogue of ICP-OES/ICP-MS Supplies and Accessories is now available. It is an essential reference for all users of ICP-OES and ICP-MS equipment. It includes hundreds of components covering the most prevalent ICP-OES and ICP-MS models from the major manufacturers.
Free seminar on optical scanning
10 August, 2011
Rheology Solutions and Optical Control Systems (OCS) are running a free joint workshop on optical scanning on Tuesday 6 September 2011.
Wyatt Technology Möbius Computation of Protein Net Charge from Electrophoretic Mobility application note
08 August, 2011 | Supplied by: Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (Oceania) Pty Ltd
Wyatt Technology’s Möbius electrophoretic mobility instrument can be used to measure precise protein charges. The optical design of the Möbius boosts the sensitivity of mobility measurements, enabling protein net charge characterisation at low concentrations. This capability is illustrated in an application note, ‘Möbius Computation of Protein Net Charge from Electrophoretic Mobility’, which is available to download free of charge via http://www.wyatt.com/literature/application-notes/mobius.html.
Funding to commercialise new needle-free vaccine delivery technology
03 August, 2011
OneVentures and Vaxxas Pty Ltd investment will enable Professor Mark Kendall of UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) to continue his pioneering research and development of the Nanopatch.
Nobel Prize winner to strengthen national science body
03 August, 2011
Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty will join the National Science Colloquium of the Australian Synchrotron.
Agilent Technologies appoints three NMR/MRI experts
02 August, 2011
Agilent Technologies has announced three new appointments as part of its business strategy to invest and further develop its nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) portfolio, providing greater support to its customers in the South Asia Pacific and Korea (SAPK) region.
Crown Scientific and Quantum Scientific to merge
02 August, 2011
Crown Scientific and Quantum Scientific will merge and trade as VWR International Pty Ltd.
Australian students victorious at International Science Olympiads
29 July, 2011
13 Australian science students have come home with Olympiad medals.
Wyatt Technology to host this year’s International Light Scattering Colloquium
27 July, 2011
The 22nd Annual International Light Scattering Colloquium will be held at the Four Seasons Biltmore Resort in Santa Barbara, California.
