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News & Views Index |
arXiv to Adopt New Governance and Business Model. 31/08/12
Will receive up to US$350,000 per annum through 2017 to support "the free repository that has revolutionized the way scientists share information". [More]
Winners of the 2012 Eureka Prizes. 29/08/12
The Eureka Prizes are awarded annually by the Australian Museum; they reward excellence in the fields of scientific research & innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication. [More]
Matters of Relevance, Questions of Impact. 27/08/12
Martin Rees: asking researchers to write about the potential future national importance of their work is "absurd". [More]
University of Adelaide's New Vice-Chancellor Plumps for Back to the Future. 26/08/12 [More]
Were you the First to Warn About Anthropogenic Global Warming in a Scientific Paper? 25/08/12
Wallace Broecker: When food prices skyrocket as a result of global warming people will be ready to finally do something about it. [More]
Australia's Chief Scientist Explains to the Attorney-General's Department Science's Value and Tells Science Industry Association CEOs Not to Undermine Basic Research. 24/08/12 [More]
Foundation CEO of Universities Australia, Glen Withers, Puts the Importance of the Gonski Review in a Telling Thumbnail. 23/08/12
...the reform in schools can be allied with further finalisation of reforms in tertiary education and in early childhood education. [More]
A Forum of Four US Presidential Science Advisors Discuss What It Was/Is Like to Hold the Office. 21/08/12
Four smart guys discuss their adventures and challenges in the office. [More]
Climate Commission Issues The Critical Decade: International Action on Climate Change. 21/08/12
The findings in a nutshell. [More]
A Short Three Nations' Tour of Research University Rankings. 20/08/12 [More]
Report of the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Taskforce Raises Hackles of Universities Australia. 17/08/12
Universities Australia is concerned that the report understates the value of basic research... to support innovation [More]
Australia's 13 Entrants to the 2012 Science Olympiads Score 4 Silver 8 Bronze 1 Honourable Mention. 17/08/12
Students sit a five-hour theory exam followed by five hours of practical laboratory tests. [More]
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Center for World-Class Universities Releases 2012 Rankings. 15/08/12
Of the top 50, 10 are Californian despite the state's cash strapped status. [More]
Chief Scientist Spruiks STEM for National Science Week. 15/08/12
[T]he assumption that science will always be there when we need it is risky, especially if we can't engage and inspire the younger generations... [More]
Australian Academy of Science Early-Mid
Career Researchers Forum
The 2-day Forum is the national voice of Australia's emerging scientists across multiple disciplines. It examines critical issues... [More]
The Olympic Games Final Medal Count as Tabulated by The New York Times. 13/08/12 [More]
What Will It Take for China to Develop 1st-Class Universities? 13/08/12
"[T]he biggest problem in Chinese higher education" is the the teaching of skills at the expense of educating its students." [More]
The New Higgs-Like Particle is Raising More Questions Than Experimenters Can Answer. 11/08/12
There’s a tremendous program if the Higgs exists. It’s really not the end of the story. It’s the beginning of the story. [More]
Mark Jacobson and Solving the Energy/Pollution Enigma. 09/08/12
Unless the nations' leaderships begin to show some guts "nations will keep trying technologies promoted by industries rather than vetted by scientists". [More]
PCAST Agenda for the September 7, 2012 Meeting. 08/08/12 [More]
Should It Be Dubbed the Stanford Model? 07/08/12
To meld breadth and depth of knowledge, is considered vital in this century. [More]
Universities Australia Slams Grattan Institute’s Graduate Winners as Narrow and Myopic. 06/08/12
It appears to advocate moving the deck chairs by re-proportioning funding responsibility while maintaining overall Australian sourcing in a dynamic equilibrium. [More]
NIH Director Issues an Apologia for Proportionality of Research Funding and Throws Down a Challenge to the Biomedical Research Community. 04/08/12 [More]
Life Sciences Beginning to Look to arXiv. 01/08/12
Will we be witnessing the beginning of wide adoption of true and immediate open access through the preprint server? [More]
Nine Winners of New Annual US$3 Million Fundamental Physics Prize Announced. 01/08/12
The recipients were chosen to reward outstanding originality of concept. [More]