Win free passes to Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills: Dava Sobel and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
News — 10th May, 2012 at 9:18 amThe Wheeler Centre’s ‘Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills’ event showcases the best of the Sydney Writer’s Festival. The event pairs up two authors that “go together like fig and prosciutto: terrific on their own, but paired they’re even better.”
One such pairing is Dava Sobel and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young. Both these remarkable women are science writers at the top of their fields....
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Win free passes to Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills: Dava Sobel and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
The Wheeler Centre’s ‘Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills’ event showcases the best of the Sydney Writer’s...
10th May, 2012 9:18
Features
Tracking of quantum sensors in living cells pave the way for advances in drug discovery and nanomedicine
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Public forum: Climate change policy
Climate change presents nations worldwide with complex and challenging policy dilemmas. This forum aims to help typical Australian...
11th Apr, 2012 14:20
Opinion
Swan’s numbers game is unhealthy science
by Professor Peter Taylor
Director, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)
NOW that HECS on science and maths...
18th Jan, 2012 12:32
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Win free passes to Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills: Dava Sobel and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
The Wheeler Centre’s ‘Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills’ event showcases the best of the Sydney Writer’s Festival. The event pairs up two authors that “go together like fig and prosciutto: terrific on their own, but paired they’re even better.”
One such pairing is Dava...
10th May, 2012 | News | Read More
Public forum: Climate change policy
Climate change presents nations worldwide with complex and challenging policy dilemmas. This forum aims to help typical Australian households understand what current policies will mean for them personally, and ultimately to help them decide if climate change policy should sway their vote at the next...
11th April, 2012 | Events | Read More
Melbourne retains reputation as best in Australia
The University of Melbourne has retained its reputation as the best in Australia, according to the 2012 Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings.
Melbourne is ranked No.43 in the world, rising two places from last year’s rankings, and is also the leading university in the Oceania region.
The rankings...
22nd March, 2012 | News | Read More
Earthquakes interpreted
Chris Weaver speaks to alumnus Mark Quigley, a tectonics scientist who has won the NZ PM’s Science Media Communication Prize for explaining the whys and wherefores of the country’s earthquake activity.
It is a simile often dedicated to natural disaster sites – ‘It looks like a war zone’.
Dr...
7th March, 2012 | News, Our People | Read More
IBM collaboration brings world’s greenest supercomputer to Melbourne
The second stage of a collaboration between the University of Melbourne and IBM will see the arrival of the world’s greenest supercomputer, the IBM Blue Gene/Q, to Melbourne.
To be housed at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) hosted by the University, the new supercomputer will...
15th February, 2012 | News | Read More
Miegunyah Lecture – Analytical chemistry and its invisible presence in our everyday life
Analytical chemistry is the guardian of the quality and purity of food, water, air, pharmaceuticals and many other materials we use in our daily lives.
For example, at a personal level we might ask: “Is my cholesterol too high if it’s 10% more than the “good” threshold value?”...
14th February, 2012 | Events | Read More
Celebrating our women in science
Two noted University scientists have been recognised for their work in the University and wider scientific community.
Head of the School of Chemistry, Professor Frances Separovic, was awarded the Australian and New Zealand Society for Magnetic Resonance (ANZMAG) Medal, which recognises outstanding contributions...
27th January, 2012 | News | Read More
Swan’s numbers game is unhealthy science
by Professor Peter Taylor
Director, Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI)
NOW that HECS on science and maths has been raised, what hope have we of getting the people we need to push forward in the disciplines of biology and medicine?
Treasurer Wayne Swan recently announced that the HECS...
18th January, 2012 | Opinion | Read More
Animals talking to each other – and us
Just as humans have developed effective ways to communicate with one another, fellow members of the animal kingdom have evolved ingenious ways to convey information. Sally Sherwen reports.
From African elephants using infrasonic rumbles to stay in contact with herd members several kilometres away, to...
16th January, 2012 | News, Our People | Read More
The language and art of maths
With its own rules and grammar, maths is a very precise language that one University of Melbourne mathematician has turned into an art form. Nerissa Hannink reports.
For most people, learning their ABCs is much easier than learning their 123s. From when we are very young our parents spend more time talking...
13th January, 2012 | News | Read More
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Win free passes to Ten Writers, Five Double-Bills: Dava Sobel and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young
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Public forum: Climate change policy
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Melbourne retains reputation as best in Australia
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Earthquakes interpreted
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IBM collaboration brings world’s greenest supercomputer to Melbourne
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Karina: Well done! I feel so proud :)...
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Sarah Cutler: It is articles like this that will hopefully encourage more females to enter the world of science....
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Bill Mohr: Interesting read - I know it's not AFL but this reminds me of years ago when David Beckham was being hailed by the world...
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The Reefuge - Saltwater Aquarium: I found this article linked on my website. It is a really great read. Thanks for that!...
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