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Australian inventions - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...

National Science Week - Australia's Culture Portal

National Science Week is Australia's major annual science extravaganza. National Science Week is a partnership between the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), ASF Limited, the Australian Science Teachers Association, and the Department of Innovati...

Science in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Sir William Bragg - Nobel Prize for physics, 1915. Bragg shared the prize with his son (also Sir William Bragg). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Prize for medicine, 1960. ...

Australia's flora and fauna and Charles Darwin - Australia's Culture Portal

Observations of Australia's unique fauna and flora, combined with considerations of the continent's geographical isolation, contributed toward Charles Darwin (1809–1882) developing his theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin's theory of ev...

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In the footsteps of Douglas Mawson   (more info)

Douglas Mawson was a scientist, an explorer and an adventurer. As an explorer and adventurer his contribution to the understanding of the Antarctic continent is well known. This web site seeks to show Mawson's life - his adventures, his success in taking

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Outspoken Australian scientist dropped by Bush wins Nobel - World News - World - General - The Examiner Newspaper   (website The Examiner )

The Examiner Newspaper News Skip directly to: Search Box, Section Navigation, Content. AUSTRALIAN Elizabeth Blackburn has won the Nobel Prize for medicine, setting a landmark for the nation's scientists. Australia's 11th Nobel laureate, Professor Blackbur...

Informit - Health Collection - Australian Life Scientist   (website Informit )

Born from Today's Life Science, the journal with 15 years' heritage in Australian life sciences research, Australian Life Scientist is a magazine about life science research, for life science researchers. Our editorial coverage extends across all areas of...

Profiles : Australian Women Scientists - National Library of Australia   (website National Library of Australia (NLA) )

In their own words, Australian women scientists tell the stories of their lives, their work and the secrets of their success. Based on interviews from the National Library of Australia's Eminent Women in Science oral history project, this groundbreaking ...

Australian scientists lead international program to save albatross - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

The collaborative five-week expedition involved Australian and Chilean researchers working together in stormy Antarctic waters off the southern coast of Chile. The expedition, led by Australian Antarctic Division senior scientist Dr Graham Robertson, soug...

German and Australian scientists collaborate - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

Known as the PCMEGA (Prince Charles Mountains Expedition Germany-Australia) the project's Principal Investigator is Professor Chris Wilson of Melbourne University, School of Earth Sciences. Planning for PCMEGA is being coordinated by an Operations Branch...

Australian scientist wins prestigious international research award - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

Australian Antarctic Division seabird ecologist Dr Graham Robertson has won a prestigious Pew Marine Conservation Fellowship. Dr Robertson is one of only five recipients internationally to be awarded a Pew Fellowship from the Pew Institute for Ocean Scie...

Australian scientists find new evidence of Antarctic sea ice decline - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

» Safety priority for Australian Antarctic Division » Toothfish demand growing » A great supporter of the Antarctic » Death of Antarctic Expeditioner » Public comment sought on Antarctic station upgrade » International ...

Australian, Japanese scientists collaborate - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

The wide geographical coverage of the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey (CPR) in the Southern Ocean is ideal for mapping biodiversity of plankton through the region. Fixed routine transects surveyed regularly would solve this problem, but a demanding A...

Australian scientists lead international program to save albatross - Australian Antarctic Division   (website Antarctica Online )

The collaborative five-week expedition involved Australian and Chilean researchers working together in stormy Antarctic waters off the southern coast of Chile. The expedition, led by Australian Antarctic Division senior scientist Dr Graham Robertson, soug...

ABC Local: Australia Wide - Astronomy (Space)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

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ABC Local: Australia Wide - Astronomy (Space)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

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Australian scientists celebrate Apollo 11 › News in Science (ABC Science)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...

Earthbeat - 8/09/01: Australian Scientists Leaders in Valuing Nature   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Australian scientists are leading the way when it comes understanding these so-called 'ecosystem services', and the Goulburn Broken catchment is the focus of one important project. Transcript: Alexandra de Blas: Here in Australia the CSIRO is a trail blaz...

Australian scientists pledge not to clone people › News in Science (ABC Science)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Australian scientists have told a federal inquiry this week that they will not clone humans. Australian Medical Association vice president Dr Sandra Hacker told the inquiry that the AMA's position was that cloning of human beings should be prohibited. Us...

Australian scientists celebrate Apollo 11 › News in Science (ABC Science)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

The GMT will provide up to 30 times better resolution than current land-based telescopes and images 10 times sharper than the Hubble Space Telescope. Colless says technology has brought an enormous expansion in space exploration horizons since the moon la...