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Primary school learning resources win Educational Publishing Award

The Australian Academy of Science’s innovative approach to primary school science education has been recognised with a win at the Australian Publishers Association (APA)‘s 2017 Educational Publishing Awards.

Academy hosts Belmont Forum

Academy hosts Belmont Forum through Future Earth Australia

A meeting hosted by the Australian Academy of Science this week, through its Future Earth Australia initiative, has reinforced the importance of close collaboration across Australia’s research sector both domestically and internationally.

Plant scientist first Australian to win top American award

Plant scientist first Australian to win top American award

Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Stephen Powles has won the American Chemical Society International Award for Research in Agrochemicals.

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Joint winners at the second Australian Falling Walls Lab

PhD student Mortaza Rezae from Curtin University is the winner of the second Australian Falling Walls Lab, hosted by the Australian Academy of Science.

Medals for three honorific awards

The Academy is calling for design suggestions, portraits, images or wording to be considered in the design of medals for three of its honorific awards.

EMCRs rethink food and nutrition

Early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) gathered in Perth in July to explore the future of nutrition science. Sixty researchers with diverse research backgrounds from Australia and New Zealand critically evaluated nutrition science and identified goals, tools and control points to advance the discipline into the future.

Events and outreach—September 2017

The Academy was flat out keeping up with the activities in this year’s annual celebration of science in Australia, National Science Week, on 12–20 August.

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International news—September 2017

Applications for the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting with Nobel Laureates from the field of physiology or medicine are now open. Applications for Lindau close 3 October 2017.

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Academy Fellow wins Eureka Prize for mentoring young researchers

Australian Academy of Science Fellow Professor Justin Gooding has been awarded the 2017 University of Technology Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers.