[05 May 10] 4th Australian JSF Advanced Technology and Innovation Conference- In November 2009 the Australian Government formally approved procurement of the first 14 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (JSF) for the Royal Australian Air Force as a future component of Australian Defence Force capability.
A key objective ...
[22 Mar 10] Chronic Disease - A global problem in need of a global solution- Guest Speaker: Richard Smith, Director, United Health Chronic Disease Initiative and former Editor of the British Medical Journal Response from: Professor Stephen Leeder, Director, Menzies Centre for Health Policy.
Registration is essential as seats are limited.
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[05 Mar 10] Release of NHMRC Biobanks Information Paper - NHMRC has released an Information Paper to facilitate best practices for the management and governance of biobank and tissue bank facilities, specific to an Australian research environment.
The Information Paper draws on relevant national and international ...
[04 Mar 10] Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS) renewed- The Australian Collaborative Rangelands Information System (ACRIS) Management Committee recently met in Darwin, where it was announced that ACRIS has been funded by the Australian Government for another four years. Ninti One manages the ACRIS ...
[03 Mar 10] Government to introduce ‘My University’ website- The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education. Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion, Deputy Prime Minister
Speaking at the Universities Australia Higher Education Conference this morning, Ms Gillard said that following ...
[01 Mar 10] HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO STUDY SCIENCE- Joint media release with the Minister for Education the Hon Julia Gillard MP
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, and Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Richard Marles, today welcomed progress on a $2 million project ...
[04 Mar 10] Atlas of Living Australia March newsletter now available.- Click here to view the ALA's news.
Atlas of Living Australia:March 2010 E-newsletter. Sign up to receive their newsletter by following the link on the bottom of their homepage..
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[01 Mar 10] Applications for AINSE 2010 Post Graduate Research Awards (PGRA) are now open. - The application form can be found at http://www.ainse.edu.au/ainse/for_graduate_students/post_graduate_awards.html
These top-up scholarships are for doctoral candidates holding an APRA or equivalent scholarship at an AINSE member university. Applicants will have a research project associated with nuclear science, ...
[05 Mar 10] NHMRC excellence award for research into chronic infections- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientist Dr Marc Pellegrini has received a 2010 National Health and Medical Research Council Excellence Award, recognising his efforts to understand human responses to chronic infections.
Dr Pellegrini is a laboratory ...
[04 Mar 10] Physicist recognised as Scopus Young Researcher of the Year- Professor Ben Eggleton, the Director of the Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) at the University of Sydney, and the Research Director of the CUDOS, the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence, has been ...
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[05 Mar 10] Virtual reality offers insight into Parkinson's disease- A world first study on how thinking tasks impact on the 'freezing' of feet often experienced by people with Parkinson's Disease (PD) will lead to new directions for targeting therapy.
Conducted by the University of Sydney's ...
[04 Mar 10] Queensland-founded solar energy company powers up with global investment- XeroCoat Inc, the company commercialising anti-reflective technology research developed by Dr Michael Harvey and Professor Paul Meredith from The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Mathematics and Physics, has recently announced a number of global ...