Left: Sir Mark Oliphant, undated. Right: Sir Mark Oliphant illustration by Pascual Locanto published in The Australian, Wednesday 1 December 1976.

An Australian Academy of Science collection of papers belonging to one of the twentieth century’s most influential physicists has been digitised as part of an ongoing collaborative project with the National Library of Australia.

Front left to right: The Honourable Dr Annabelle Bennett, Ms Christine Grant (an Aboriginal (Kuku Yalanji from the Jalun-Warra clan) and Torres Strait Islander (Mualgal from Kubin on Moa Island) Elder), and Dr Beth Fulton took part in the discussion.

The Australian Academy of Science has hosted the final of three expert roundtables on the likely impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.

 

The war in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on the country's people, with nine million people displaced inside and five million displaced outside of the country. That includes many scientists, working on everything from medical research to the future of space exploration.

The Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (the Academies) welcome the findings of the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport’s inquiry into long COVID and repeated infections.

 

The Australian Academy of Science welcomes the Albanese Government’s ongoing support for science and research in the 2023–24 Federal Budget.

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Academy Fellow and polymer chemist Dr Graeme Moad is one of two Australian scientists elected this year to the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

There are 20 new Fellows in 2023

An engineer, a microbiologist and an ecologist are among 20 researchers recognised for their outstanding contributions to science by being elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

The new Fellows include engineer Professor Zaiping Guo, who is designing the next generation of batteries.

Associate Professor Danielle Verdon-Kidd of the University of Newcastle (left) and Dr Beth Strain of the University of Tasmania (right) were the 2020 recipients of the Thomas Davies Research Grant for Marine, Soil and Plant Biology.
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The announcement that the Academy will lead the International Science Council Asia Pacific Regional Focal Point was one of the many achievements highlighted in the Academy’s 2022 annual report, released today.

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