Dr David Ireland has built a career in research translation, taking ideas and IP from the laboratory and applying models for commercial success or social impact. He says that...
Science
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The Executive Summary of the Treasury Consultation Paper on Merger Reform states the central premise of the paper as: In Australia, productivity growth has slowed over a long period,...
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The former Member for Wentworth Dave Sharma has won the Senate seat left vacant through the retirement of former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne. Mr Sharma is well known...
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COVID has taught us lessons about self-reliance, global supply chain disruption and the possibilities for rapid vaccine development and deployment. As we emerge from the pandemic, do we have...
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One of the emerging areas in biologics translation over the past decade is in bioconjugation – a chemical technique used to stabily couple two molecules together, one of which...
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High profile Science and Technology Australia (STA) chief executive Misha Schubert has resigned from the STEM sector professional association to take up another CEO role elsewhere from February next year....
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has ranked Australia 23rd in its list of innovative countries, but also shows that despite our secure and stable political environment...
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Synthetic biology is high on Australia’s critical technology list. Yet one suspects it’s potential is pigeonholed in the medical applications queue while the wider opportunities lie unrecognised. Granted, mRNA...
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An Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence has achieved gender parity among its researchers and students in half a decade, without the need for quotas. Its leaders say its...
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The Defence Strategy Review released earlier in 2023 states that the threats Australia faces in the Indo-Pacific region include economic, military and climate change. It is noteworthy then, that...
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Australia is truly the lucky country when it comes to endowments of renewable energy resources. We have more sunlit, windswept land than virtually any other country. And now that...
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Nuclear energy has been the subject of much recent discussion due on the one hand to Australia’s AUKUS pillar one acquisition of nuclear powered, conventionally armed submarines, and on...
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a “method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.” Today these ultra-high-power lasers (UHPLs) have demonstrated many revolutionary technologies that...
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Venture capitalists are inundating a Queensland government fund announced four months ago to drive innovation in the state, seeking around 10 times the $75 million offered through more than...