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Wearable diabetes patch
Scientists are working to take the sting out of controlling diabetes.
Australia’s STEM workforce
Australia’s Chief Scientist has released the first detailed analysis of Australia’s STEM workforce.
The services boom
There are still profits to be extracted from mining in Australia, as long as we are willing to make some smart, clear-eyed choices.
The new carbon industry
The Low Carbon Living CRC drives new efforts to cut residential and commercial carbon emissions.
Nuclear waste solution
ANSTO’s Synroc team is a leader in the global nuclear community for nuclear waste immobilisation and treatment technology.
Top 25 insights: start-up challenges
How did the Top 25 R&D spin-off companies overcome major start-up challenges?
Top 25 insights: valley of death
Leaders of the Top 25 R&D spin-off companies share how their companies made it past the ‘valley of death’.
How Google taught an AI to play Go
Enhancing artificial intelligence with human intelligence could give new insights into climate change and complex diseases.
Finding space industry’s next Elon Musk
Success in the space industry means finding ways to solve people’s problems cheaply, finding a niche in the market and a sense of adventure.
The startup nation
Israel provides lessons in linking education and innovation.
$7.8 million funding for Aussie ideas
Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy announced further commercialisation grants under the Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
Computer vision saves lives
A new automated detection system increases how efficiently we diagnose bacterial infections.
Which businesses are at COP21 and why?
The COP21 climate talks in Paris are not just bringing together political powers, but corporate ones too.
Winning the space race
First Australian scientist and first woman to lead project team for life on Mars, Dr Abigail Allwood, returns home to share her research and work with NASA.
Koala genome reveals its secrets
The University of Sydney and other groups have mapped the koala genome, helping to better conserve the charismatic species.
Growth factor
Curtin’s John De Laeter Centre, a suite of high-precision instruments and global collaborations are creating an innovation hub, where engineering and science researchers partner with industry.
A planet in the making
The process by which planets form and grow has been directly observed for the first time.
Annual honorific awards
Innovators and leading thinkers are recognised in the Australian Academy of Science’s annual honorific awards.
Partnering for research impact
Cooperative Research Centres are producing important results to help safeguard Australia.
Winner of the 2015 CSL Florey Medal
National honour for pioneer who found brain stem cells and is now waking them up with exercise.
Smart home design gets AccuRate
AccuRate is a smart software tool that can calculate a home’s annual energy requirements down to an hourly rate.
Australia: nation of inventors or innovators?
Karen Taylor-Brown shares ideas for an innovative future from last week’s inaugural Science Meets Business event.
Radar for driverless cars
New technology that upgrades conventional car sensors into 360-degree radar has been launched in Australia.
EMU High-Resolution Backscattering Spectrometer
EMU can help scientists to better understand human biology.