The Board of Directors of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has appointed Professor Doug Hilton, AO, as Chief Executive, commencing on 29 September 2023.

Did you know that for the price of a brand new large ute, you could instead send your very own small satellite to the International Space Station and out into orbit?

Australia’s Chief Defence Scientist, Professor Tanya Monro AC, explores how Defence is leading the way in embracing new technologies and new ways of doing business.

Defence will work towards implementing a fifty per cent target for women’s participation across key research and innovation career pathways.

How can seaweed change the world? For one thing it can superpower the Australian science industry, and academic and business is calling for a roadmap to capitalise on innovation.

This week, Refraction Media co-founders Karen Taylor-Brown and Heather Catchpole celebrate ten years in business, a remarkable feat for a small business, especially one in media.

They’re a marine delicacy loved across Asia, but the humble sea cucumber is also proving to be a key ingredient in preventing diabetes, according to new research from the University of South Australia.

QUT researchers have developed a unique and improved approach to the way robots see, with the aim of making cheap and reliable positioning systems for applications such as service robots and general autonomous vehicle systems.

UNSW Sydney solar experts says we need bespoke technology designed to recycle important elements inside solar panels.

RMIT invests $250 million in education, research, partnerships and campus infrastructure in Vietnam.

iMOVE CRC launches $1m impact fund for Australian companies to bring new transport sector tech innovations to market

Webinar: Strengthening the future nuclear workforce with diverse skills and knowledge. 21 June 2023.

ANSTO and UNSW researchers have developed a new method for reconstructing the country’s fire history using cave stalagmites.

Survey to shed light on current conditions and opportunities in Australia’s STEM sector

AI in education is under examination, but can it help as well as hinder?

Women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and maths are still fighting an uphill battle in Australian workplaces, despite a spike in girls studying STEM subjects in schools and universities.

Careers with STEM program evaluation launches showing platform plays an important part in encouraging young people to pursue courses and careers in STEM.

The latest issue of Australian University Science asserts that the university-science research value chain is complex, iterative, and has value at all stages.

Universities are the hubs of transformative innovation, where every year, countless new ideas take flight.

Dr Katherine Woodthorpe asserts that university research is never just basic, or just commercialisable: it’s a complex value chain that drives innovation.

For innovation, overnight success is often decades in the making: a keystone of which almost always comes from basic science at universities.

Researchers work across every part of the spectrum, from seeking fundamental knowledge to developing participatory outcomes that include benefits to end users, influence on policy, commercial partnerships and outcomes.

Fundamental university science research has drawn inspiration from the Great Barrier Reef’s carbon storage capacity, the plant world’s ultra-efficient storage and transport structure, the reinvention solid state physics to develop new materials for electronic efficiency and advanced agricultural to nourish future outposts in space.

The AWS Clean Energy Accelerator program is focused on fostering innovation and rapid growth of clean energy technology.