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Archive news
15 April 2008: Older
Australians at risk of
sun-related skin cancer death. Read more
11 April 2008: Joint briefing
between TTNA &
Nanotechnology Alliance. Read
more
26
March 2008: Earth hour
lets city dwellers see stars: Astronomers. Read more
20 March 2008: While rabbits
continue to ravage Australia’s
native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great
Barrier Reef from destruction. Read more
14 March 2008: In accordance with Australia’s
Associate Membership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory
(EMBL),
up to 2 fully funded research groups are able to be located at an EMBL
site in Europe for a maximum period of 5 years.
Read
more
10 March 2008: Australian
scientists say that
Japanese research on whales, the justification for its whaling program,
has
produced few results and is often "strange." Read more
5
March 2008:
More than 400 kangaroos living on Australian defence department land
face being
culled after a plan to relocate them was blocked. Read more
3
March 2008:
Australia's
worst drought in a century is finally showing signs of easing, giving
devastated farmers reason for hope as the southern hemisphere autumn
begins,
forecasters said. Read
more
26 February 2008: Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has
revealed plans for a summit to discuss the challenges facing Australia
and to set a vision for the future. Read more
25 February 2008: Australia
urged to take lead on climate change. Read
more
22 February 2008: Veneto Victoria research fellowship program — Food science. Read more
20 February 2008: International partnership strengthens
malaria research. Read more
19 February 2008: Aussies: Kyoto
Should Have Been Ratified. Read
more
14
February 2008: The
Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Embassy of France in Australia are offering four fellowships for scholars who
need to travel to France in 2009 to undertake research. This grant is
available to scholars resident in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities who
require access to resources held in France.
Read more
8 February 2008:
Scientists confirm new virus responsible for deaths of transplant
recipients in Australia.
Read more
8 February 2008: Australia and Hong Kong
have joined North America and parts of Europe in reporting seasonal influenza viruses with
increased resistance to the antiviral drug Tamiflu, the World Health
Organization said on Thursday. Read more
8
February 2008:
Natural processes may prevent oceans from warming beyond a certain
point,
helping protect some coral reefs from the impacts of climate change,
new
research finds. Read
more
8
February 2008:
Thorough detective work by CSIRO researchers has helped identify
the cause
of unusual brick degradation in a Tasmanian zinc smelter. Read more
24 January 2008: Australian
states should not ban
commercial production of genetically modified (GM) plants and food as
the risks
are alarmist and exaggerated, according to a new study. Read more
18 December 2007: A
collaboration of over 50
astronomers, The IPHAS consortium, led from the UK,
with partners in Europe, USA,
Australia,
has
released today (10th December
2007)
the first comprehensive optical digital survey of our own Milky Way. Read
more
17 December 2007: A
clear, direct link between obesity and colorectal cancer, the second
most
common form of cancer in Australia with more than 12,000 new cases each
year. Read more
11 December 2007: Parents who
have more than two
children should be charged a lifelong climate change tax to offset the
effect
of their extra greenhouse gas emissions, an Australian medical expert
has
proposed. Read
more
6 December 2007: Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
urged the United States
to follow his country's lead and ratify the Kyoto Protocol, while rich
and poor
nations appeared divided Wednesday over what a future climate change
pact
should look like. Read
more
28 November 2007: The
Centenary Institute unveiled a
powerful microscope unlike any other in Australia.
Read more
27 November 2007: Supporters of the Kyoto Protocol were gleeful on
Saturday after Australian elections left the United
States in the wilderness as the only
major economy to boycott the UN's climate pact. Read more
27 November 2007: NEVER
try telling a quantum physicist
that near enough is good enough – Australian researchers have invented
a
technique that, for the first time, measures lengths as accurately as
the laws
of physics allow. Read
more
12 November 2007: CSIRO (Australia)
has been granted $2 million under the Defence Capability and Technology
Demonstrator (CTD) Program to demonstrate the capabilities of carbon
nanotubes
as strong, lightweight antiballistic materials. Read more
7 November
2007: Aluminum Corporation of China Limited and Monash
University
from Australia have jointly set up a Sino-Australia Light Alloy
Research Center
to focus on energy use and energy saving as well as the comprehensive
use of
energy, clean production and ecological recovery technology. Read more
1 November 2007: A
long-running drought in Australia
is linked to an unprecedented climate pattern which has taken hold in
the
Pacific basin and Indian Ocean, the UN weather
agency
said Wednesday. Read
more
24 October 2007:
Large, carnivorous dinosaurs roamed southern Australia
115 million years ago, when the continent was joined to the Antarctica,
and were padded with body fat to survive temperatures as low as minus
30
degrees Celsius. Read
more
19 October 2007: Australia
and other owners of the Antarctic territories may be ill-prepared to
face a
major environmental challenge to the continent. Read
more
15 October 2007: Support is
provided for the documentation of Australia’s
biological diversity and to improve and increase the national taxonomic
effort.
Read
more
12 October 2007: If the Earth is
heading for a new ice age, Australia
may not be as affected as countries in the Northern Hemisphere,
according to
new research from The Australian National University published today in
Science.
Read more
12 October 2007: Australia
is trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by capturing carbon
dioxide and
storing it in underground reservoirs. Read more
10 October 2007:Australian
researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in understanding a
rapidly
spreading facial cancer that has decimated the country's Tasmanian
Devil
population. Read
more
8 October 2007: DVDC (Diabetes
Vaccine Development Centre) is a joint initiative of the Australian
Government,
through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF).
Read
more
5 October 2007: Southern
Australia
will continue to experience a reduction in rainfall in winter and
spring, the
impact of which will be magnified by increased temperatures. Read more .
4 October 2007: The most
comprehensive assessment to date of Australia’s
climate was jointly released October 4 by the Bureau of Meteorology and
CSIRO. Read
more
3 October 2007: A new climate
change study in Australia
predicted the country will be 5 degree Celsius hotter and 40-80 percent
drier
by the year 2070.
Read more
1
October 2007: Astronomers studying archival
data from an Australian
radio telescope have discovered a powerful, short-lived burst of radio
waves
that they say indicates an entirely new type of astronomical
phenomenon. Read more
14 September 2007: The key to
finding new mineral deposits in Australia
could be to start looking with a glass of wine or a soft drink. Read more
4
September 2007:
Australia's
leader urged his Pacific Rim counterparts on
Sunday to
forge a new agreement on climate change - one that would reject binding
targets
for greenhouse gas emissions in favor of voluntary goals. Read more
3
September 2007:
The NSW Government has announced funding of $15 million for new or
expanded
university-based research facilities with strong industry . Read more
27 August 2007: Australia's
premier thoroughbred race, the Melbourne Cup, could be at risk after
the
country's first-ever outbreak of horse flu was confirmed Sunday to have
spread
outside Sydney. Read more
10 August 2007: New membrane
technology that would halve the amount of energy required to desalinate
seawater is the goal of the latest Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
initiative involving CSIRO and nine Australian universities. Read more
9 August 2007: Australia
is making a name for itself in materials, nano-biotechnology,
electronics and
photonics, energy and environment and quantum technology. Read more
23
August 2007:
An Australian university Wednesday said it would consider
cancelling the
master's degrees granted to a group of foreign students after an audit
uncovered widespread cheating. Read more
16 August 2007:
Australian researchers are welcoming the announcement of AUD 5.2
million
(EUR 3.2 million) for 19 research projects involving int... Read more
20 July 2007: Grains Industry
Visiting Fellowships (VFs) are available to overseas R&D
personnel who are able to enhance programs supported by the GRDC with
their specific skills. Read
more
19 July 2007: Fishing
industry lines accidentally
catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being
threatened.
One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian
government
scientist is to assess fines when threatened species are caught and
killed. Read more
18
July 2007: A
national "cap and trade" greenhouse emissions scheme has been
announced by the Australian Prime Minister John Howard, as part of a
new
AU$627-million (US$ 548 m) climate-change package. Read
more
16
July 2007:
The world's two largest polluters will have their first and best
chance to meet and discuss climate change at the APEC leaders' summit
in Australia in September, Prime Minister John Howard says. Read more
16 July 2007: A new worldwide
scientific portal has gone online, offering researchers and interested
members
of the public free access to more than 200 million pages of
international
research information. Read more.
12 July 2007:
Australia
is to become the first associate member of the European Molecular
Biology Laboratory
(EMBL). The membership will see Australia
sending early-career scientists to EMBL faculties, while the EMBL will
share
its expertise in researcher training and research infrastructure
development
with Australian institutions. Read
more
11 July 2007: A central
eastern Queensland mine has turned up bat fossils which show climate change
has had a
negative impact on the state's bat population. Read
more
9 July 2007: The Great Barrier Reef,
pristine
beaches... and municipal landfill sites so contaminated they probably
require
special containment. Read
more
4
July 2007: The
Australian Academy
of Science receives funding from the Department of Education, Science
and
Training (DEST) to deliver the project Australian participation in
European
Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST). Read
more
3
July 2007:
Rising temperatures are expected to have a huge impact on people’s
health in
the Asia-Pacific region, causing more of everything from food poisoning
to
malaria, according to scientists. Read
more
3 July 2007:
Cooperation between European scientists and colleagues on the other
side of the
world is set to get a lot easier, thanks to two new schemes between
COST
(European Cooperation in Science and Technology) and Australia
and New Zealand.
Read
more
28 June 2007: Applications
are invited for the
Travel Awards for International Collaborative Research for the
promotion of
interchange between the University
of Queensland, Australia,
and universities in other countries. read
more
28 June 2007: The Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences
and Engineering is currently offering Australian researchers, from both
the
public and private sector, an opportunity to submit expressions of
interest for
international Missions, Workshops and Delegations during the calendar
year
2008–2009. read
more
27 June 2007: After five
years of design and
development work by nearly 500 students from most ESA member countries,
along
with the United States,
Japan, Canada
and Australia,
the experiment has passed its final review. Read
more
27 June 2007: New
cancer
centre attracts funding
and top researchers. Sydney University's
Lowy Cancer Research Centre will focus on research and clinical trials
of
cancer drugs. Read
more
26
June 2007: Applications
are invited for the Travel Awards for
International Collaborative Research for the promotion of interchange
between
the University of Queensland, Australia, and
universities in other countries. The University of Queensland provides
funds annually to facilitate visits to the
university by scholars from other countries. Travel assistance is
available to
scholars actively engaged in research who will contribute substantially
to
research activity in the nominated school or centre at the University of Queensland. Grants are
normally reserved for suitably qualified
staff of universities and internationally recognised research
establishments.
26 June 2007: Dairy Australia may support funding applications that address
one or more of the three key objectives as set out in the Dairy
Australia
Strategic Plan. Dairy Australia will accept applications for research and
development projects from individuals and organisations worldwide. read more
26 June 2007: The Australian Academy of the Humanities is offering up to ten Fellowships to
improve the
capacity of Australian scholars to conduct research in all parts of the
world.
Travelling Fellowships of up to $4,000 for short-term - not less than
two weeks
- research abroad in the coming year, are available to permanent
resident
scholars in Australia and working in the field of the Humanities (The
Arts,
Asian Studies, Cultural & Communication Studies, Classics,
Literature,
European Languages & Cultures, History, Linguistics, Philosophy
&
Religion, and Prehistory & Archaeology) who require access to
resources
held overseas. Applications, including references, are due by 31 July
of each
year. read more
22 June 2007: Doctors missing
chance to tackle
childhood obesity. An Australian study has found overweight children
are rarely
weighed by their family doctors for fear of upsetting them or their
parents. read
more
22 June 2007: The Nancy Keesing Fellowship aims to
promote the State Library of NSW as a centre of research into any
aspect of
Australian life and culture, to provide a readily accessible record of
the
research undertaken and to promote the use of the collections of the
State
Library. Applications are invited from any subject area. The sum of
$10,000 is
available for the Fellowship. read more
18 June 2007: The FAST
Programme promotes and
supports scientific and technological cooperation between Australian
and French
researchers in both public and private sectors. Applications will be
accepted
from French and Australian researchers, project managers, private
companies and
organisations. All fields (excluding social sciences and humanities)
are
eligible. Financial assistance is provided for small,
strategically-focussed
workshops and for collaborative research projects in leading edge areas
of
research. read
more
14 June 2007: New SIDS
research to study link with
a protein. Unlikely to lead to a cure or a diagnostic test, but will
help
better understand the cause. read
more
12 June 2007: Applications
are invited from
researchers outside Monash University,
in any discipline with two to eight years of post-doctoral research
experience,
and with demonstrated research outcomes at international level. The
Fellowships
are tenable only at Monash University
and it is expected that most of the time will be spent at the relevant
department/centre. Up to four successful applicants will be awarded a
fellowship. read
more
12 June 2007: One in four
pregnant women still
smoke: study. The study was conducted in a poor area of Sydney.
read
more
6
June 2007: Australian
report calls for carbon trade by 2012. Government report dismisses
Kyoto
Protocol measures to curb greenhouse emissions as flawed. read
more
5
June 2007: Australians
with a PhD in any field of natural science, basic and applied,
including
mathematics and engineering science are invited to visit Europe
between 1 July 2008
and 30 June 2009
to collaborate with
European researchers. The award covers a contribution to international
airfares
plus a daily living allowance to a maximum amount of $10,500. read
more
29 May 2007: Electricity
prices could rise by up to 75 percent from 2020 if Australia's
government refuses to take strong climate change action and set up a
carbon
trading system, Australia's
Climate Institute said on Monday. read
more
28 May 2007: Fish
oil plus exercise may banish body fat. Australian researchers found
that a
combination of exercise and fish oil supplements was effective at
reducing body
fat. read
more
28 May 2007: A
limited number of travel grants are available from the European Science
Foundation, principally aimed at European young researchers, to support
their
active participation in the XIX International Symposium on
Glycoconjugates in Cairns, Australia.
read
more
28 May 2007: Applications are now
open for the inaugural L’Oréal Australia
For Women in Science fellowships. The
fellowships
recognise scientific excellence by early-career women in the life and
material
sciences, mathematics or engineering, women who have completed their
PhD or
equivalent in the last five years. read
more
24 May 2007: World
growth spurs faster climate change – report. Australia's
CSIRO says that emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased
about 3
percent a year since 2000. read
more
22 May 2007: The
delivery of energy efficient desalination in Australia
received a boost with the establishment of a major new research
collaboration
between CSIRO and nine of Australia's
leading universities. read
more
18 May 2007: The
AAH is offering up to ten Fellowships to improve the capacity of
Australian
scholars to conduct research in all parts of the world. Travelling
Fellowships
of up to $4,000 for short-term research abroad in the coming year, are
available to permanent resident scholars in Australia
and working in the field of the Humanities who require access to
resources held
overseas. read
more
15 May 2007: The
Australian Government has announced that it will provide new money for
the
construction of the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder
(ASKAP). Some
17 countries are currently building a SKA telescope, and Australia
believes that the new national apparatus will be a test bed for the
technology.
SKA technology appears on a list of 35 priority infrastructure projects
drawn
up by the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. read
more
14 May 2007: An Australian
biotechnology firm said on Thursday it had developed a means of
delivering
anti-cancer drugs directly to cancer cells, which aims to avoid the
debilitating toxicity associated with chemotherapy. The method uses
nanotechnology, which involves micro-machines far smaller than a human
cell. read more
11 May 2007: Experts
to train immune cells to kill nose cancer. Hong Kong
and
Australian researchers to isolate and train a patient's own white blood
cells,
or T-cells, to fight nasopharyngeal cancer. read
more
11 May 2007: An
Australian biotechnology firm said on Thursday it had developed a means
of
delivering anti-cancer drugs directly to cancer cells, which aims to
avoid the
debilitating toxicity associated with chemotherapy. read
more
8 May 2007: Binge-drinking
culture a "ticking time bomb". Australian experts predict a rise in
brain-damage cases, chronic diseases as a result. read
more
8 May 2007: Statins
may cut risk of cataracts by half. University of Sydney
study shows older adults who took the cholesterol-lowering drug had a
50
percent reduced risk. read
more
4 May 2007: L’Oreal Australia
is calling for applications for the inaugural For Women in Science
Fellowships.
Three Fellowships are open to doctoral or post-doctoral researchers
(within 5
years of completing a PhD) in the areas of life sciences, material
sciences,
mathematics and engineering. Prizes of A$20,000 each are to be used to
further
scientific research or alternatively, can be used to cover child care
costs. read
more
4 May 2007: There are 20 prizes
worth more than $200,000 in the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes this
year. One
of the new prizes — the British Council Eureka Prize for Young Leaders
in
Environmental Issues and Climate Change — is open to scientists aged
between
21–30 who have demonstrated scientific or technological leadership in
responding to the challenges that threaten our environment and our
climate. read
more
3 May 2007: The
sponsor awards fellowships to applicants whose research interests are
in the
area of dairy research. Postdoctoral fellowships would normally be for
up to
three years, and should provide relevant scientific skills that are not
available in Australian research organisations. Visiting scientists are
expected to have a strong role in training Australian researchers. read
more
3 May 2007: FEAST
is seeking Interns to work on projects related to science and
technology
cooperation between Europe and Australia,
particularly in relation to major global themes. read
more
30 April 2007: The
MBR-Network, which brings
together four research projects on membrane bioreactor (MBR) technology
and
funded by the EU, will present its initial results at a series of four
conferences in Europe, Singapore
and Australia.
read
more
30 April 2007: Climate change
a vital issue for 90
percent. The findings in NSW and Queensland
contrast with Prime Minister John Howard's declaration this week that
global
warming is not the overwhelming moral issue facing Australians. read more
27
April 2007: Applications
are invited from young
Australians under 35 for the 2007 AGA/Goethe Fellowship. Candidates
should have
excellent academic tertiary qualifications and the prospect of a
promising
career in business, law, science, politics or the arts. read more
27 April 2007: Researchers
have shed new light on
how iron in the oceans works to boost the uptake of atmospheric carbon
dioxide
(CO2) by phytoplankton. The work, which brought together researchers
from France,
the Netherlands,
Belgium
and Australia,
is published in the latest edition of the journal Nature. read
more
26 April 2007: Aussies
not seen as supportive of mental illness: report. Stigma,
discrimination and
failure to recognise the early signs highlighted in research carried
out for
the mental health charity, SANE. read
more
23 April 2007: One-in-four
Australians don't want
gay neighbours. Interpreting statistics from the Human Beliefs and
Values
Survey, conducted in 24 Western countries between 1999 and 2002. read more
16 April 2007: The French Embassy in Australia and the Academy of the Social Sciences provide
a funded grant to initiate and enhance joint research activity in
social
sciences through an annual joint call for proposals. read more
16 April 2007: The Embassy of
France in Australia,
the Tasmanian Government and the University
of Tasmania have jointly
created an
Award in the field of Marine and Antarctic Sciences. read
more
12
April 2007: The
«n + i» program regroups more
than 60 French engineering schools and offers a complete package of
personalized services. The application is made online and the selected
students
participate to a two years program which includes a transition semester
and a
full master program leading to the prestigious Diplôme
d’ingénieur. The Embassy
of France in Australia offers to an Australian national one
scholarship for the full program. This scholarship includes a monthly
living
allowance or €750 and a full health insurance. The cost of travel
between Australia and France and the tuition fees for the program are not
covered by the scholarship. read more
10 April 2007: The Academy of
the Social Sciences in
Australia
shares an agreement of scientific and cultural collaboration with the
Royal
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, to promote scholarly
relations
between Australian and Dutch scholars. Visits by scholars are for
periods of
one to two weeks. Awards provide a per diem
and
support approved internal travel during the period of stay. The scholar
is
responsible for the cost of international air fares. read
more
10 April 2007: The University
of Copenhagen Centre for
Australian
Studies invites applications for a Visiting Professorship in 2008. The
Distinguished Visiting Chair in Australian Studies is kindly sponsored
by the
Australian Government Department of Employment, Science and Training,
and is
rotated annually. The appointment is for the European spring semester
of each
year (five months from February to June), and the next position is
available from
1 February 2008. The
post
comes with a stipend of AU$16,500 towards travel and accommodation
expenses.
Office and computer facilities will also be provided by the University.
read
more
19 March 2007: The
Fellowship is made available jointly by the Australian German
Association and
the Goethe-Institut with the support of and Lufthansa German Airlines,
offering
young Australians a 12-week stay in Germany. This
comprises an 8-week language course at a
Goethe-Institut in Germany, as well as
a grant of $5,000 towards a 4-week study
tour of Germany, visiting
companies/institutions working in the special
interest field of the Awardee. The airfare to and from Germany is also
included. The scholarship is advertised
between February and May each year. read
more
13
March 2007: Green groups
urge govt to follow EU
emissions lead. The Greens and the Australian Conservation Foundation
call for
legally binding 2020 targets to reduce greenhouse pollution. read more
12 March 2007: USyd provides
support for
postdoctoral researchers of high standing at any stage in their career
to share
and disseminate new and original ideas and/or techniques, initiate and
undertake collaborative research and facilitate interaction and
training of
University staff and students. Fellowships are for a duration of two to
twelve
weeks. read
more
12 March 2007: Support is
provided under the Scheme
for Oxford Nuffield Medical Fellowships in either a clinical medical or
medical
science department of the University. The post is tenable for two
years, with
the possibility of an extension for a third year. Fellows are expected
to
return to Australia
at the end of the fellowship to continue work of a similar nature. read
more
6
March 2007: More
Down syndrome babies for rural women. Missing out on vital antenatal
screening,
new Australian research shows. read
more
6
March 2007: In
2006 the Tasmanian Government, the University
of Tasmania and the Embassy
of
France in Australia
have jointly created an Award in the field of Marine and Antarctic
Sciences.
This program enables early career researchers, currently working or
studying in
Tasmania, to travel to France
to undertake study missions to acquire a specific training or
qualification,
strengthen cooperation and expand international networks and gain
recognition
for their work. read
more
28 February 2007: Applications
are now open to
Victorian postgraduate students and young researchers working in
private
enterprise or a research institution, for up to six $18,000 Victoria
Fellowships for overseas study grants. read
more
28 February 2007:
The Scotland Scholarship covers the tuition fee, airfare and
stipend for a taught
Masters course of up to 12 months’ duration at any Scottish
institution. The
Scottish Executive is offering 2 scholarships for students from Australia
for 2007/2008. read
more
27 February 2007: The Group of
Eight today announced
the establishment of four annual Fellowships for early career
researchers from Europe
to work within Australia’s
Go8 universities. The $20,000 Fellowships will be available to eligible
researchers from Latvia,
Estonia,
Lithuania,
Poland,
Hungary,
the Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Romania
and Bulgaria.
On a rotational basis, four Group of Eight universities will host one
Fellow
each year. read
more
27 February 2007: Applications
are now invited for
Australian European University Institute Fellowships which provide the
opportunity to carry out research at the European University Institute
in Florence
— the high profile research institute established by the Member States
of the
founding European Communities in 1972. A six-month Postdoctoral
Fellowship will
be offered for the period January–June 2008. Two three-month
Postgraduate
Fellowships will be offered for the period September–December 2007. read
more
27 February 2007:
The National Europe Centre, an EU Centre funded by the European
Commission and
The Australian National University, is seeking applications for an
international
PhD scholarship with stipend. Applications are sought within the broad
areas of
the research interests of the National Europe Centre, but we
particularly
encourage applications with a comparative focus in the fields or
terrorism and
human rights, nationalism and European integration, Europe-Australia
trade
relationships and environmental regulation. read
more
21 February 2007: Australia
will be the world's first country to ban incandescent lightbulbs in a
bid to
curb Greenhouse gas emissions, with the government saying on Tuesday
they would
be phased out within three years. read
more
16 February 2007:
Each
year the Menzies Centre for Australian Studies offers a Rydon
Fellowship in
Australian Politics and Political History. This post-doctoral
fellowship is
tenable at the Menzies Centre for one term and preference is given to
scholars
who have recently completed a doctorate and have a contract to convert
their
thesis into a book. Remuneration is £5,000. The fellowship is
named in honour
of the distinguished Australian political scientist Emeritus Professor
Joan
Rydon. read
more
15 February 2007: A new collaboration between
Australian and New
Zealand food
safety authorities is to target high
levels of unhealthy saturated fats within their national diets. read more
14 February 2007: The World
Conference of Science
Journalists will take place in Melbourne,
Australia,
from 16 to 20 April. read
more
12 February 2007: Australia's
participation in the EU's framework programmes for research has
increased
steadily since the Fourth Framework Programme (FP4), but is still lower
than it
should be, according to Neil Hamilton, Executive Director of the Forum
for
European-Australian Science and Technology Cooperation (FEAST). read
more
8
February 2007:
PM says Australia
must put price on carbon emissions. A government-appointed task force
will
release a discussion paper this week on the role Australia
can play in a global emissions trading program. read
more
8
February 2007:
Sydney university stem
cell ban
sparks academic row. The University
of Sydney has agreed not to
carry
out embryonic stem cell research in a new medical centre to be built on
land
bought from a Catholic college. read
more
7
February 2007:
Mobile addiction affecting wellbeing: study.
The
Australian-first survey by the Queensland University of Technology
shows
one-in-five Australians reported behaviour that pointed to phone
addiction. read
more
2
February 2007:
Dementia patients to more than double. The Australian Institute of
Health
and Welfare (AIHW) predicts as many as 465,000 will be diagnosed with
the
disease by 2031. read
more
2
February 2007:
Climate change will worsen before it improves. Sydney's
maximum temperatures expected to rise 1.6 degrees by 2030 and 4.8
degrees by
2070 - CSIRO report. read
more
2 February 2007:
PM welcomes report on energy future. A new report by the Energy
Supply
Association of Australia which supports a push for nuclear power and
clean coal
gets John Howard's backing. read
more
01
February 2007:
Govt considering $10m HIV campaign. HIV infections in Australia
increased by 41 percent between 2000 and 2005. read
more
01
February 2007:
Southern corals unlock climate change clues. Analysis of south
Australia's cold-water bommies have confirmed a
1.5
degree rise in water temperatures over the last 130 years, a
temperature
increase in line with other coral reef studies of the tropics. read
more
31 January 2007: Australia's
famous Great Barrier Reef could be dead within
decades
because of the effects of global warming, according to a leaked report.
read more
29 January 2007: Flannery
named 2007 Australian of the year. Public opinion is finally catching
up with
the scientist, who has been warning about sustainability and the risk
of
climate change for decades. read
more
29 January 2007: Australia's
$A10 bln river-saving plan. John Howard has called water management the
country's biggest conservation challenge. read more
26 January 2007: Australia's
obesity epidemic an illusion: academic. NSW conference to argue that
statistics
supporting obesity and its health consequences are much more uncertain
than
people realise. read
more
16 January 2007: Medical
researchers say many
Australians struggle to strike a balance between a healthy amount of
sun
exposure and spending too much time in the sun. read
more
15 January 2007: A total of 25
European university students and professionals have been selected to
participate in the Australian Endeavour Programme. read
more
22 December 2006: Poor Aussie
children more likely to
be fat. Study measured body shape, checked physical activity and
television viewing
hours, and reviewed diet. read
more
22 December 2006: Australia
says greenhouse gas emissions to rise. Above the 8 percent growth
target set
under Kyoto. read
more
22 December 2006: Study
finds rare batfish invaluable
to Great Barrier Reef. The only one of 27
species that
successfully removed the forest of algae that can otherwise overwhelm
and kill
off the reef. read
more
22 December 2006: World-first
Australian stem cell
trial wins approval. First time that "off-the-shelf" adult stem cells
will be used to treat spinal disc disease in a genetically unrelated
patient. read
more
21 December 2006: Experts
voices fears over older
mothers. The average new mum in Australia
was aged 25.8 in 1991 and 28 in the most recent figures available
from
2004. read
more
21 December 2006: Diabetes
control maintained with
exercise training. The Australian researchers studied 57
overweight and
sedentary adults between who had type 2 diabetes. read
more
11 December
2006: The
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Flagship
Visiting Fellowships enable distinguished researchers to work in CSIRO
in areas
directly related to the work of a National Research Flagship:
Preventative
Health, Light Metals, Food Futures, Energy Transformed, Water for a
Healthy
Country, Wealth from Oceans. There are three categories of fellowship:
(1)
Australian Based Researchers; (2) International Visitors; (3)
Fellowship
Projects. Applications for Flagship Visiting Fellowships will be
accepted from
individuals who are employed on a part-time (not less than 0.5 FTE) or
full-time basis at an eligible Australian higher education institution.
Applications will also be accepted from individuals employed at an
overseas
university provided their complementary expertise and skill base is not
readily
available in Australia. Flagship
Visiting Fellowships are valued at $100,000
each for approximately six months full-time. (Fellowships can also be
taken
part-time, i.e., a maximum of $100,000 for up to 12 months part-time.)
As a
general rule, each Flagship will have funding for two fellowships per
year.
Fellows are encouraged to obtain additional financial support from
other
sources, including their home university and other funding bodies.
Applications
for fellowships commencing in 2007 close on January 26,
2007. read more8 December 2006: 13 year lag in bipolar
diagnosis. Alfred
Psychiatry Research Centre
study. read
more
8 December 2006: Australian
Parliament lifts ban on
therapeutic cloning. Legislation approved Wednesday by a vote of 82 to
62. read
more
7 December 2006: Scratch-and-sniff
test predicts
mental illness. University
of Melbourne
researchers have designed the simple test after they discovered a link
between
brain disorders and a poor ability to identify smells. read
more
7 December 2006: Chinese
mushroom helps cancer
survival. Studies analysis shows PSK, an extract from the mushroom
coriolus
versicolour, helps stomach cancer patients survive longer. read
more
6 December 2006: GPS shows
footballers heading for injuries. Australian researchers have been able
to
measure for the first time acceleration and g-forces involved in rugby,
soccer
and football. read
more
6 December 2006: Bushfires
threaten major Australian koala colony. The Pilliga scrub nature
reserve, 350km
northwest of Sydney, is
home to one
of Australia's
most genetically diverse koala colonies. read more
4 December 2006: One of Australia's
environment courts has ruled against the country's largest independent
coal
producer, saying that its assessment of the impacts of a new mine
should have
included an assessment of its impact on climate change. read
more
4 December 2006: Australia's Parliament on Thursday debated a bill that
would lift the country's ban on cloning human embryos for stem cell
research. read more
30 November 2006: Climate
changed killed off giant
marsupials: study. Darling Downs fossil dig
finds no
evidence of humans being involved in hunting Australia's
"megafauna" to extinction. read
more
30 November 2006: Australian
research shows
acceleration in greenhouse emissions. New CSIRO study shows growth
rates of
atmospheric carbon dioxide have more than doubled since the 90s. read
more
29 November 2006: Australia could become leader in stem cell research. Debating
of a bill to allow therapuetic cloning of embryos for medical research
will
begin in the House of Representatives on Thursday. read more
27 November 2006: NT denies
uranium mine to blame for
higher cancer rate. Says the cancers found in nearby Aboriginal
communities are
of the type caused by lifestyle and not radiation. read
more
27 November 2006: Two
scholarships are being offered to
Australian citizens to study for a twelve-month period in Scotland
for a Masters degree in 2007/2008. The scholarship covers tuition fees,
return
economy airfare and a living allowance. Applications for science &
technology and creative industries will be given priority. Interviews
for
shortlisted applicants will take place in Sydney,
at the British Council office. British Council will cover any
reasonable
airfare costs to travel to Sydney
for interview purposes. read
more
23 November 2006: Study finds
Australia
nuclear power option viable. Critics say it would not be viable without
either
a tax on carbon emissions or a significant government investment to
make
nuclear energy competitive with coal and gas. read more
22 November 2006: Heart
attacks, strokes climb on hot, polluted days. Australian study findings
to be
presented at the International Symposium on Environment Health, Climate
Change
and Sustainability in Sydney
tomorrow. read
more
22 November 2006: Nuclear power is a viable
option for meeting Australia's future energy needs, a
new government report says. read more
16 November 2006: Australia
faces growing levels of E-waste. A new statistics report estimates
Australians
will replace 9 million computers, 5 million printers and 2 million
scanners
within the next two years. read
more
16 November 2006: Seaweed
stops stem cells forming
tumours. Australian researchers have shown that by encasing each cell
in a
capsule made from alginate, a seaweed extract, they can can prevent the
cells
from forming tumours and from being rejected when they are injected
into the
body. read
more
15 November 2006: Global carbon trading
inevitable – Costello. Australian
treasurer's comments at odds with views of the Howard government. read more
13 November 2006: Australian Senate votes to overturn
stem cell ban. Bill to allow cloned stem cells to be used for medical
research
a step closer. read more
10
November 2006: Australia's Senate voted on Tuesday to allow cloned
stem cells
to be used for medical research after an emotional and divisive debate
on
relaxing restrictions on research. read
more
7 November 2006: Taskforce
finds nuclear energy could be viable in 15 years. Nuclear energy could
become a
viable industry in Australia within 15 years, according to a federal
government
taskforce. read
more
7 November 2006: Cholesterol kills
Australians needlessly – study. A
study by the Baker Heart Research Institute has found 80 per cent of
Australians with dangerously high levels of cholesterol think they have
the
problem under control. read more
2 November 2006: NASA launches Sydney University space weather
project NASA's STEREO mission successfully launched last week (Thursday
26
October) with experiments on board to investigate the physics of the
sun and
associated space weather. read more
2 November 2006: Australia, a major coal
exporter and producer of greenhouse gases, said on Wednesday it would
use new
technologies to make fossil-fuels cleaner and tackle climate change,
but
continued to reject the Kyoto Protocol. read more
1 November 2006: The Federal Government has
dismissed a British report
warning of an economic meltdown due to global warming, but a specialist
in Australia's physical
economy says ignoring the report will cost our country dearly. read more
26 October 2006: Australians
among world's top resource consumers. Uses more energy, food, timber
and land
per person than any of its regional neighbours, including New Zealand, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand - WWF report. read
more
26 October 2006: Australia is to build one of the
world's biggest solar power plants as part of a major new strategy by
the
government to combat climate change. read more
24 October 2006: With Australia in the grips of its worst drought in a
century,
Prime Minister John Howard was set to announce on Monday a
AUS$500-million
package aimed at preventing global warming. read
more
24 October 2006: Since 2003, the French Embassy in Australia, on behalf of the French Ministry of
Foreign
Affairs, has been associated with the Australian Academy of Science (AAS)
to jointly operate the French-Australian Cotutelle Call for proposals.
The
objective of this call for proposals is to support the development of
the
double doctoral degree “Cotutelle” between Australia and France. read
more
17 October 2006:
Australia in the grip
of worst drought in 100 years. Some farming and environmental groups
have
expressed fears that the drought could be here to stay - part of
irreversible
climate change. read
more
16 October 2006: New HIV
infections in Australia
up 40 percent from 2000. New cases of other sexually transmitted
diseases were
also skyrocketing. read
more
13 October 2006: Investors urge more company
action on warming. Investors
from California to Australia representing
trillions of dollars in assets urged companies on Wednesday to take
more
account of the long-term risks of global warming. read more
13 October 2006: Australian
rate of knee replacement too high: research. Up 94 percent in the past
ten
years, and double the rate of hip replacements. read
more
12 October 2006: Scientists
misrepresenting embryonic stem cell hope: expert. Visiting MIT
researcher tells
Australian parliamentarians that embryonic stem cells need to be turned
into
adult stem cells before they can be used to treat adult tissue. read
more
11 October 2006: Within a
decade Australians will be able to find out how good their genes are at
fighting disease, which environmental risks they are susceptible to and
steps
they should take to prevent the onset of ill-health. And by the turn of
the
century it will be commonplace to have a bad combination of genes
repaired to
avoid disease. read
more
6 October 2006: Gene clues could lead to tailored
prostate cancer treatment. A gene which gives men with prostate cancer
a
life-saving clue about whether their disease will spread has been
uncovered by
Australian scientists. read
more
6 October
2006: Australian
breath test for breast cancer receives grant. Professor Christobel
Saunders has
been awarded a $A100,000 grant to develop a device that takes readings
of the
2,000 or more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in human breath that
are
significantly altered in the presence of breast cancer. read more
5 October 2006:Meat
&
Livestock Australia Limited (MLA), is a producer owned company
responsible for
marketing and research activities for the Australia beef,
sheepmeat and goatmeat industries. read more
5 October 2006: MLA
invites applications for 2007 postgraduate scholarships and study
awards
tenable in Australia and overseas. read
more
28 September
2006: NHMRC Australia Fellowship aims to attract
and retain
leading health and medical researchers. It is designed for outstanding
senior
health and medical researchers across all disciplines and will consist
of a one
line budget of $800,000 per annum for five years. Applications are
invited from
leading researchers both in Australia and around the
world. read more
26 September
2006: DVDC (Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre)
is a joint
initiative of the Australian Government, through the National Health
and
Medical Research Council and the New York-based Juvenile Diabetes
Research
Foundation International. Based in Melbourne, Australia, DVDC is global
in its outlook and strategy. read more
20 September
2006: Australia told to reform water
systems. A report by the Business
Council of Australia says flaws in water supply, rather than water
shortage,
are costing the country billions. read more
20 September 2006:
High
cholesterol a problem among younger women. Preliminary results from an
Australian study found 35 percent of women aged 35 to 54 had levels in
excess
of the recommended 5.5. read
more
19 September 2006: Australia is the driest continent, but chronic
water problems
in its cities and rural areas are the result of poor management rather
than
water scarcity, a new report said Monday.
13 September 2006: Australian
minister dismisses Gore's climate change movie. Like his prime
minister,
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has played down the visit to Australia of former US vice-president Al Gore, in the country to
promote
his documentary on the dangers of global warming. read
more
12 September 2006: Microbes can
clean up toxic waste dumps – scientist. South Australian
researchers have
isolated bacteria that not only live on waste compounds, but can break
them
down so they no longer threaten humans. read
more
6 September 2006: Government invites further arguments
against stem
cell research. Stem cell researchers to address coalition members. read
more
5 September 2006: Dark skinned
and veiled kids not getting enough sun. A major child health issue
facing
children in Australia and New Zealand, a new study
suggests. read
more
5 September 2006: Howard defends
decision to release stem cell ethics study.Australia's prime minister
releases
a previously confidential scientific report that disputes findings of
the
Lockhart review, that called for overturning a ban on therapeutic
cloning. read
more
4 September 2006: Australian
researchers developing a "bionic eye" say early tests have succeeded
in stimulating limited visual sensation in people suffering a rare form
of
genetic blindness. read
more
25 August 2006: Kangaroos
around Australia's
national capital will soon be fed a contraceptive pill by authorities
trying to
control their booming population. Read
more
23 August 2006: The
Australian Government in conjunction with the Government of the Republic
of France has established
the
French-Australian S&T (FAST) Programme. The Programme is jointly
managed by
the Department of Education Science and Training (DEST) and its French
counterparts, the Ministry of National Education, Universities and
Research
(MENESR) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE).The objective of
FAST is to
promote and support scientific and technological cooperation between
Australian
and French researchers in both public and private sectors. The 2007
call-for-proposals round will open on Monday 4 September 2006 and close on Friday 13 October 2006.
For more information, please visit:
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21 August 2006: Sydney
- Scientists have launched a multi-million dollar project to reduce
flatulence
in cows, hoping that a drop in gas can help in the fight against global
warming. read
more
18 August 2006: PM
forced into another backdown, this time on stem cells Australian Prime
Minister
John Howard agrees to conscience vote on any changes to embryonic stem
cell
research laws. read
more
17 August 2006:Subsidise
fresh food to fight obesity, Aust experts say. New WHO research shows
the
number of overweight and obese children in Australia has doubled since 1985. read
more
17 August 2006:A
25-million-year-old whale fossil from southeastern Australia has revealed a bizarre early type of
'baleen' whale.
The creature was an ancient cousin of our modern blue whales and
humpbacks, but
it was hardly a gentle giant of the sea. Instead it was small and
predatory,
with enormous eyes and teeth. read
more
16 August 2006: Call for Papers: New Europe, New Governance, New
Worlds? A Conference of the Monash European and EU Centre in
conjunction with
the Australasian Centre for Italian Studies is taking place in Melbourne, 12-14 April 2007. Australia defines itself as
multicultural and has come to establish ever-stronger ties with its
South East
Asian neighbours. Yet its culture, institutions and
economy continue
to be shaped by European ideas and practices. The aim of the conference
is to
promote a wider understanding of contemporary Europe and its relationship to Australia and the Pacific Area. It
will include presentations by a number of international experts, as
well as a
public lecture and reception. read
more
14 August 2006: A recent
study into public attitudes towards genetically modified foods has
confirmed
that attitudes change significantly depending on the type of food being
considered.
read
more
14 August 2006: The
International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE
WaRM)
International Visits and Exchanges Program provides an opportunity to
industry,
vocational education and training, and the tertiary education sector
and
research communities for increased engagement at an international level
in the
area of water resources management education. Applications are now open
for
inbound (to Australia) and outbound (from Australia) visits by individuals and exchanges
between two
candidates. Participants on short to medium term visits and exchanges
will be
able to share skills, knowledge, and experiences that will benefit the
individual, their home and host organizations, and ICE WaRM to enhance
the
field of water resources management. Comprehensive information
regarding visit
and exchange eligibility criteria and how to apply is available
following
completion and submission of the Visit and Exchange Registration Form
on the
Web page. Applications are due October 6, 2006. read
more
11 August 2006: NZ and
Australian universities receive EU funding boost. The National Centre
for
Research on Europe (NCRE) at the University of Canterbury (NZ) and the
Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of
Melbourne have
been awarded significant grants in the latest round of the Jean Monnet
Action,
a European Commission initiative to promote knowledge of European
integration.
The grants support research activities, teaching, professorial chairs
and help
pay for young researchers to do field work in Europe. One of the NCRE projects to receive
funding is a multidisciplinary
research project looking at perceptions of the European Union as a
development
actor in the Pacific, South East Asia and Southern Africa. Other successful applications included a
teaching
model on EU enlargement and several mobility awards to provide funding
for
researchers to conduct field work in Europe.
Professor
Murray said the
money associated with a Jean Monnet ad personam Chair will be used to
fund a
number of exciting activities including a national research project,
workshop
and publications on the EU as a global actor, a research project on new
perspectives on EU-Australia relations, and will help establish new
teaching
subjects. The other grant awarded to the CERC will fund a teaching
module
entitled “Europe and Asia in the 21st Century: Cooperation or
Confrontation of
Two Regional Hegemons?” the first of its kind in Australia
