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Is Australia ready for our supercomputing future?
The nation is at risk of being left behind when it comes to high-performance computing. Experts at an Academy roundtable are calling for an international exascale computing facility to be hosted in Australia.
Race to identify Australia’s unknown species before they’re gone
As Australia’s taxonomists gather in Canberra to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the body established to document Australia’s plants, animals and fungi, one issue is top of mind: their ambitious goal to name all undescribed species in Australia within a generation may remain out of reach without more government and philanthropic support.
International research collaborations now at stake
No single country will be capable of solving the problems faced by our planet—from dwindling natural resources to collapsing ecosystems, rising sea levels or the eruption of new pandemics.
Are Australia’s international scientific collaborations at risk with the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023?
Australia’s national security and research community has gathered in Canberra tonight on the eve of a National Symposium to discuss how Australia can address national security concerns while enabling the benefits that open scientific collaboration offers Australia and the globe.
Scientists call for law reform following release of final report into Kathleen Folbigg’s convictions
The Australian Academy of Science welcomes today’s report by former Chief Justice of NSW Tom Bathurst AC KC confirming reasonable doubt regarding the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg.
‘Masterful and thorough research’ by Academy Fellow led to Kathleen Folbigg pardon
The role of science in overturning one of Australia’s biggest miscarriages of justice has featured in a national TV documentary broadcast to more than half a million Australians.
