Tag: Sci-Tech awards
Funds boost for preterm baby feeding project
A Toowoomba hospital project encouraging premature babies to feed independently at an earlier stage in their development, has been awarded a research grant.[MORE]
Geneticist named HMRI Researcher of the Year
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) has named geneticist Professor Rodney Scott as its Researcher of the Year at a ceremony in Newcastle last night.[MORE]
WA Environment Awards announced
The Kimberley Rangelands Natural Resource Management Group and the Australian Wildlife Conservancy have won the overall prize at the 2008 Western Australian Environment Awards. [MORE]
Modest jellyfish a scientific bonanza
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Fluorescent proteins from an unassuming jellyfish have helped three scientists to this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry.[MORE]
Chemistry Nobel for protein discovery
Two American scientists and a Japanese researcher have won the 2008 Nobel prize for chemistry for their discovery of a green fluorescent protein that has become a key tool in bioscience.[MORE]
Dog fleas, string star in whacky science prizes
Scientists who discovered the inner workings of dog fleas, crisps and tangled string swept the tongue-in-cheek 2008 Ig Nobel Prizes.[MORE]
Frazer wins Balzan Prize for cervical cancer vaccine
Australian medical researcher Ian Frazer has won a major international prize in Italy.[MORE]
Tassie wine best in the world
The Tasmanian wine industry's profile has been boosted with a local sauvignon blanc being recognised as the best in the world.[MORE]
Melbourne scientist wins major award for anti-influenza research
Melbourne scientist Peter Colman has won a major science prize.[MORE]
Dolly cloners take out million-dollar science prize
The scientists behind Dolly, the world's first cloned sheep, have been announced as the winners of the Shaw Prize, the million-dollar award known as the Nobel Prize of the east.[MORE]
Climate change research wins Burnie student national science award
A Tasmanian Year 10 student has won a national award for research into fighting climate change.[MORE]
Tweed shares in safe water award win
A Tweed Shire community program has won an international award for a safe water project in a Kenyan village.[MORE]
Scientist and violinist: SA's best
Laureate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Minerals Processing at the University of South Australia, John Ralston, is South Australian of the Year.[MORE]
Young scientist wins award for study on fat and fertility
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A young woman who proved a link between obesity and infertility has been honoured as the SA Young Investigator of the Year.[MORE]
Myxomatosis scientist honoured
One of Australia's most renowned scientists, Frank Fenner, has been recognised at a ceremony in Canberra.[MORE]
Hobart conservationist wins award
Hobart based conservationist, Denzil Miller, has won the Duke of Edinburgh Medal for his work in preserving Southern Ocean fishing stocks.[MORE]
Leading surface chemist wins Nobel Prize
Gerhard Ertl of Germany has won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for work that has become invaluable to the modern chemical industry and has helped the fight to fix the ozone hole.[MORE]
Nanotechnology pioneers win 2007 physics Nobel
France's Albert Fert and Germany's Peter Gruenberg have won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics for discoveries allowing the miniaturisation of hard disks in electronic devices from laptops to iPods.[MORE]
'Knockout mice' study wins Nobel Medicine Prize
Three scientists have won the Nobel Medicine Prize for their work in creating "knockout mice", now used as the 21st-century testbed for biomedical research.[MORE]
The power of 'the' wins Ig Nobel
It is a small and often neglected word. But the word 'the' has just won Australia's Glenda Browne international recognition in the form of an Ig Nobel prize.[MORE]
Honour for climate change scientist
South Australian biologist Professor Barry Brook has been named as one of Australia's top 10 young scientists.[MORE]
Scientists recognised for plant gene research
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Two CSIRO scientists who discovered how to control the genes of plants have been awarded the PM's Prize for Science.[MORE]
Science prize rigged for safety
A Perth civil engineer has been awarded one of three Prime Minister's Science Prizes for his work on offshore oil and gas platforms.[MORE]
Aust bio-terrorism system nabs prize
A professor from Sydney University has received an international award for her world-first system to help combat bio-terrorism.[MORE]
Study finds brain power better at night
An Adelaide University PhD student has found part of the brain which learns best at night.[MORE]
