Drawing on her knowledge of silk-based biomaterials, Dr Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina is improving technology that could repair the hearts of cardiac patients.
While recent attention has been focused on Russia’s efforts to influence American politics, new analysis suggests Australia has also been a target – and continues to be a target – of covert foreign influence.
With New South Wales suffering winter bushfires and temperature records tumbling around the globe, Australian leaders in Canberra have picked a bad time to jettison climate policy in favour of political bickering.
In 2017 18.8 million people were displaced by natural disasters, with floods accounting for 8.6 million. Climate change is poised to drive those numbers higher still.
Australian university students give far more credit than the previous generation to the science of human evolution and far less to creationism or divine guidance, according to a landmark new study.
Hundreds of school students got a rare peek into what life as a scientist could be like, as Professor Michelle Simmons opened the doors of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology ahead of National Science Week.
