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Distinguished Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC FAA FTSE has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science, one of only two elected in 2017.

The Australian Academy of Science has released its first annual Christmas Reading List, delving into the favourite reads of Australia's brightest academics.

The Australian Academy of Science has released its first annual Christmas Reading List that could inspire thousands of stumped Australians searching for a last minute Christmas gift.

Academy Fellow Professor Terry Hughes has been named one of the Ten people who mattered in 2016 by science journal Nature.

The Academy has just announced the four Australian scientists travelling to India in 2017 to undertake ground-breaking research at some of that country's leading research institutions.

Malaria researcher, Professor Kiaran Kirk spoke about the threat of antimicrobial resistance and the drugs currently in development at the final talk of the Academy’s 2016 Canberra Public Speaker Series.

The Academy's National Committee for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is looking for comments and feedback on the final draft version of the Decadal Plan for Agricultural Sciences.

The first Australia–Indonesia Science Symposium brought together more than 100 leading researchers and emerging scientists to find out how science and innovation can meet shared challenges.

Australian and Indonesian scientists have come together in Canberra this week to encourage better scientific cooperation between the two countries.