COVID has taught us lessons about self-reliance, global supply chain disruption and the possibilities for rapid vaccine development and deployment. As we emerge from the pandemic, do we have...
Science
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One of the emerging areas in biologics translation over the past decade is in bioconjugation – a chemical technique used to stabily couple two molecules together, one of which...
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| by Joseph Brookes
High profile Science and Technology Australia (STA) chief executive Misha Schubert has resigned from the STEM sector professional association to take up another CEO role elsewhere from February next year....
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 23rd in its list of innovative countries, but also shows that despite our secure and stable political environment...
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| by Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Distinguished Professor Ian Paulsen and Thom Dixon
Synthetic biology is high on Australia’s critical technology list. Yet one suspects it’s potential is pigeonholed in the medical applications queue while the wider opportunities lie unrecognised. Granted, mRNA...
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An Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence has achieved gender parity among its researchers and students in half a decade, without the need for quotas. Its leaders say its...
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The Defence Strategy Review released earlier in 2023 states that the threats Australia faces in the Indo-Pacific region include economic, military and climate change. It is noteworthy then, that...
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| by Professor Marcela Bilek, Dr Yunxia Yang and Dr Tony Murphy
Australia is truly the lucky country when it comes to endowments of renewable energy resources. We have more sunlit, windswept land than virtually any other country. And now that...
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Nuclear energy has been the subject of much recent discussion due on the one hand to Australia’s AUKUS pillar one acquisition of nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines, and on...
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a “method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.” Today these ultra-high-power lasers (UHPLs) have demonstrated many revolutionary technologies that...
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Venture capitalists are inundating a Queensland government fund announced four months ago to drive innovation in the state, seeking around 10 times the $75 million offered through more than...
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Indigenous knowledge has been omitted as a standalone priority from a draft version of Australia’s new national science and research priorities, creating a “massive gap” that experts say will...
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Leaders from Australia’s innovation ecosystem have been recognised by Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in its latest Fellows cohort, announced on Wednesday. Deep tech incubators, Indigenous...
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The Queensland government says it will assemble an advisory council of quantum experts before the end of the year, as it looks to seize the economic opportunities presented by...