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Grant secured to preserve fragile magnetic tape material in the Archives
The Fenner Archives has secured funding to digitise 19 pieces of rare magnetic tape documenting Australia's scientific heritage, ensuring the voices of pioneering researchers are preserved for future generations.
Intriguing handwritten notes in the Academy’s Basser Library
Handwritten notes tucked inside a century-old insect book reveal how past readers researched before the internet. Can you decipher the cryptic shorthand they left behind?
National productivity won’t be boosted with flatlining business investment in R&D
The Australian Academy of Science says ABS data released today reveals Australian business expenditure on R&D is flatlining as a percentage of GDP, as leaders consider how to improve the nation’s productivity.
Action on Australian research integrity reform needed now
Australia’s leading scientists have renewed their call for the Australian Government to establish a national body to manage and investigate research misconduct in Australia.
Creating history for the new Pacific Academy of Sciences
When the Pacific Academy of Sciences was launched in Apia, Samoa on 23 October, an important part of the ceremony was the admission of the Academy’s 12 Foundation Fellows.
Three early-career researchers to pitch their innovative ideas at Falling Walls Lab in Germany
Dr Jacob Martin is the winner of the ninth Falling Walls Lab Australia event, recently hosted by the Australian Academy of Science.