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Two new Corresponding Members admitted to the Academy
Professor Akshay Venkatesh and Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, both based in the United States, have been admitted to the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding scientific contributions.
Under-representation of women in STEM is holding back national prosperity
Australia has not yet made the systemic changes required to achieve diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with the current under-representation and under-utilisation of women in the STEM workforce posing a threat to Australia’s prosperity.
Academy applauds funding to boost gender equity in STEM
The Australian Academy of Science has applauded the announcement by the Morrison Government to invest $3.4 million to improve science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) equity in Australia and boost the participation of girls and women in STEM careers.
Academy President urges Australia to join heritable genome editing moratorium
The President of the Australian Academy of Science Professor John Shine AC FAA has welcomed calls for a global moratorium on all clinical uses of genetic editing of heritable human DNA.
S20 urges measures to tackle marine plastic pollution and other major threats
The world’s leading science academies have sent a strong message to the world that science has a crucial role in protecting coastal and marine ecosystems from very serious current and future threats.
Top young physicists to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Ten of Australia’s top young physicists, seven of them women, have earned the opportunity to attend a highly prestigious annual gathering of Nobel Laureates and emerging scientists from around the world.