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Academy Fellow Dr Graham Farquhar awarded prestigious Kyoto Prize

Academy Fellow Dr Graham Farquhar AO FAA FRS has become the first Australian to win a Kyoto Prize—the most prestigious international award for fields not traditionally honoured with a Nobel Prize.

Statement from the Australian Academy of Science—withdrawal of the US from the Paris Accord

“The Paris Accord in 2015 was a landmark in global acceptance of the need to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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Three Academy Fellows elected to Royal Society

Three Academy Fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London.

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Internationally renowned scientists admitted to Academy

The Academy has just admitted two internationally renowned scientists as Corresponding Members, Dr Raghunath Mashelkar (India) and Professor Rudiger Wehner (Switzerland).

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Professor Jagadish elected Honorary Fellow of Indian Academy

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.

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Australian scientists head to India

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.

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Australia strengthens science ties with Indonesia

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.

Transforming Indonesia and Australia with science and innovation

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

Sustainability science initiative to safeguard Australia’s Future

The Future Earth Program is being launched in Australia. Future Earth is a global initiative of the International Council for Science that brings together thousands of researchers and billions of dollars of sustainability research programs across the world.