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Time capsule with Fellows’ messages for the future placed under Dome

A time capsule containing Fellows’ messages to the future has been placed under the copper roof of the Shine Dome.

Sustainable development goals

Disruption of 2020 provides opportunities to accelerate progress on Sustainable Development Goals

2030 is the deadline to make the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality. The UN goals were set in 2015 and the SDGs form the basis of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which seeks a global shift to a sustainable and resilient path that promotes prosperity and is free of poverty.

Nominate now for the Academy’s 2022 awards

Nominate now for the Academy’s 2022 awards

Nominations are now open for the Academy’s 2022 honorific awards, and applications open for support for research conferences, research awards and travelling fellowships.

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Max Day Awards support researchers to protect bees and frogs

Bees are dying off around the globe, but one of the recipients of the Australian Academy of Science’s 2021 Max Day Environmental Science Fellowship Award is working to protect them in Australia.

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Academy Fellow recognised internationally in celebration of women and girls in science

Academy Fellow Professor Martina Stenzel has been internationally recognised as one of the most distinguished women in chemistry by the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). She was listed alongside eleven other female chemists from around the world to receive the 2021 IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award earlier this week.

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Australia’s home of science to shine brighter than ever

This previously published story has been updated to include the timelapse video of the dome's repair. The home of Australian science, the Shine Dome, will sport a shiny new top and be far more energy efficient as works begin to repair the damage from the January 2020 hailstorm which severely dented the dome’s copper roof tiles.

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Academy shines a spotlight on new Australian science with Research Focus video series

Welcoming the new Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Forum executive committee

Welcoming the new Early- and Mid-Career Researcher Forum Executive

The Academy’s Early- and Mid-Career (EMCR) Forum has announced the new Executive for 2021. Seven new passionate and engaged EMCRs will help advocate for researchers in Australia through the Forum and all its activities.

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Academy Fellow among Australian space researchers honoured at COSPAR 2021

Three Australian researchers, including a Fellow of the Academy, have received international recognition for their contributions to astronomy and space science at the awards ceremony of the 43rd Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly.