Quantum computing director named Chief Defence Scientist Sep 5, 2008
A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and an inaugural Australian Government Federation Fellow, Clark will bring to the DSTO his extensive experience in industry, government and defence collaborations within Australia and overseas. "Professor Clark brings significant national and international expertise and a strong background in scientific research and is an eminent scientist in the field of quantum computing," said The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, in a... (iT News)
Scientists condemn 'ill-informed, negative' Prince over GM crops ... Aug 14, 2008
According to the Australian Academy of Science, most salt in the Western Australia wheatbelt is believed to come from the ocean, carried inland by prevailing winds. Andy McMillan, the director of policy for the Western Australia Farmers Federation, said that it was not in farmers' interests to overuse the land. (Times Online)
Despite sceptics' noise, scientific consensus is growing Aug 2, 2008
This is also the view of the Australian Academy of Science, established in 1954 along the lines of Britain's Royal Society. Its president, Kurt Lambeck, told the Herald: "If there's been any change at all recently, it's that the observational evidence suggests we're moving away from the lower limits of the ABC projections towards more serious scenarios. I've certainly seen no evidence of scientists holding back on their views or suppressing findings or anything approaching that.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Big powers 'too slow on climate change' Jun 11, 2008
The Australian Academy of Science will endorse the joint statement by the academies of 13 countries, including the US, China and India, released before next month's Group of Eight summit in Japan. Efforts to develop carbon capture and storage technology, which Australia's energy industry considers its main hope for reducing emissions, were quite inadequate, said the president of Britain's Royal Society, Professor Martin Rees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Climate change threatens koalas May 9, 2008
Hume presented his research on the effects of carbon dioxide on eucalyptus leaves to the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra on Wednesday. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Koalas Under Threat From Climate Change May 9, 2008
Professor Ian Hume, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and his students from the University of Sydney have been researching the effects of CO2 increases and temperature rises on eucalypts. Professor Hume's group have shown in the laboratory that increases in CO2 affect the level of nutrients and 'anti-nutrients' (things that are either toxic or interfere with the digestion of nutrients) in eucalypt leaves. (Science Daily)
Koalas' future: hot, hungry May 8, 2008
Much of the habitat for koalas, particularly on the northern NSW coast, had already been destroyed by clearing for farming and urban development, said Professor Hume, who presented his results yesterday at the Australian Academy of Science event "Science At The Shine Dome", honouring new fellows. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Teacher toads to save wildlife May 8, 2008
However, Professor Shine, an expert on cane toads who will outline his plan today in an address at the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra, is serious. Native animals that mistook cane toads for frogs suffered agonising deaths from the poisons they exuded, Professor Shine said, but animals lucky enough to survive never repeated the mistake. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Elsevier to publish the Journal of the Korean Statistical Society from 2008 Feb 5, 2008
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and of the Royal Society of London, and a Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Qiwei Yao Co-Editor. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Coalition plan equal to building two Snowy Hydros Sep 27, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Mark Davis Political CorrespondentSeptember 27, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Freshwater supplies threatened in central Pacific Aug 15, 2007
The work was initiated by UNESCO International Hydrological Programme and supported by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Government of France, the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Research Council and the European Union Pacific Water Governance Programme. Their work is published in a special issue of the Aug. 2007 Vadose Zone Journal which followed an International Symposium on Groundwater Resources Assessment under the Pressures of Humanity and... (EurekAlert!)
On the edge of global calamity Feb 7, 2007
While continued climatic change now seems inevitable, the Australian Academy of Science believes that it is important to reduce the pace of that change as much as possible, to give extra time for societies and ecosystems to adapt as smoothly as possible ... Kurt Lambeck is president of the Australian Academy of Science. (The Australian)
Invest in maths or suffer brain drain, Govt told Feb 6, 2007
A leading academic says from the Australian Academy of Science says the nation is facing a devastating brain drain of teachers and students of mathematical sciences. Professor Hyam Rubinstein will tell a forum in Canberra today that Australia is at risk of losing its international competitive edge in areas such as innovation unless it invests more in the subject area. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Just In)
FACTBOX-Five facts on recycling sewage into drinking water Jan 29, 2007
Sources: Australian Academy of Science (www. science. (AlertNet)
