Posts tagged "science"

Inconsistency and lack of unity over many years has led to reactivity from the STEM sector, rather than strategic long-term planning.

The largest survey of Australian startups is at risk of shutting down entirely, with the federal government ending its ongoing funding for Startup Muster.

Women make up half of all science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine PhD candidates and researchers — but only 20% of senior leaders.

Agricultural waste and products deemed not worthy of the supermarket shelf will be used to make pharmaceuticals, food additives and cosmetics.

In 2015, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomed us to the “ideas boom” and launched a National Innovation and Science Agenda. But in 2018, we're still only part way there.

The federal government announced yesterday that it will appoint a “Women in Science ambassador” to travel to schools around Australia and encourage young girls to pursue careers in science and technology. It sounds like a good idea — but talking to teens is not enough.

From eradicating 98% of polio cases to putting up $US2 billion in grants to stop malaria, the philanthropic efforts of the Bill and Melinda …

There is plenty of room for Australia to do better on innovation. The CSIRO is funding science to help build new industries, writes chie…

By Sarah Keenihan, The Conversation

In front of a huge SpaceX multimedia slide presentation, the company’s founder Elon Musk said on Fr…

By Andrew Dempster, UNSW

The first Australian-built satellites to be launched in 15 years recently took off from Cape Canaveral in Flori…

By Stuart Khan, UNSW

In late January this year, a group of mainly US-based Reddit users were discussing a recent report that all referen…

The National Academies of Science and Medicine (NASEM) released a report on February 14 exploring the implications of new technologies that …