News at the nexus of research and industry
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CSIRO launches Australia's first accredited face mask testing facility
CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has launched the nation's first accredited surgical face mask testing facility in Melbourne today, to help frontline health workers in the fight against COVID-19, while supporting Australian business.
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Australia's cybersecurity strategy
Australia's long-awaited cybersecurity strategy, released last week, pledges to spend A$1.67 billion over the next ten years to improve online protection for businesses, individuals and the country as a whole.
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We can't let STEM skills become a casualty of COVID-19
Expertise doesn't grow overnight. Australia's response to COVID-19 has been led by scientists we invested in decades ago. To face the challenges of the future, we need to invest today in the people who will be the leaders of tomorrow, by Cathy Foley, CSIRO
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Wednesday Aug 26th, 12 pm - 1 pm [WEBINAR FORMAT]
STEM Lighting Lunch Monthly
Join us for lunchtime networking from the comfort of your own Zoom room!
Brought to you by Refraction Media, publishers of Careers with STEM and Science Meets Business and by Fizzics Education, and Inspiring Australia NSW, the STEM Lightning Lunches are an opportunity to talk about your program, meet thought leaders in the STEM space, speak to like-minded people and come up with collaborative practise in STEM programs. More information here.
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$20m of vital space sector R&D investment by SmartSat CRC
In a $20m investment, nine professorial Chairs have been established by SmartSat and its partner universities in artificial intelligence, optical communications and cybersecurity for the development of next-generation space technologies to stimulate Australia's economic growth in space.
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Perseverance: the Mars rover searching for ancient life, and the Aussie scientists who helped build it
Every two years or so, when Mars passes close to Earth in its orbit around the Sun, conditions are right to launch a spacecraft to the red planet.
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ANSTO's partnership with the National Robotics & Automation Group
The National Robotics and Automation Group (NRAG) has been established as a collaboration of leading Southern Sydney based industrial automation, robotics and technology companies.
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Thursday Aug 20th, 12 pm - 1 pm [WEBINAR FORMAT]
Cicada Monthly Buzz | Digital Health 2.0 - Founder Stories [Webinar]
This month, we're talking to some of the rising stars in Australia's digital health ecosystem and we want to know how they got started, what challenges they have faced in commercialising their digital health solutions, and where they see this space heading in a post-pandemic world. Panelists: Kath Hamilton of Loop+, Silvia Pfeiffer of Coviu, Scott Taylor of Perx Health & Elisabeth Yunarko of Spokle.
Register now!
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Dr Cathy Yuen Yi Lee. Diagnosing with large scale data.
A globe-trotting career has taken Dr Cathy Yuen Yi Lee from Wollongong in New South Wales to the US and Europe.
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Dr Eleanor Campbell. Deep insights into virus proteins
As a beamline scientist at the Australian Synchrotron, Dr Eleanor Campbell is helping researchers unlock the structure of SARS-CoV-2.
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PUBLICATIONS BY REFRACTION MEDIA
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Let's celebrate the E in STEM!
A recent youth survey by the Australian Government found that of all the STEM disciplines, students were most confused about what engineering is. And yet 95% of engineering grads find work in their area within three months!
In the latest edition of Careers with STEM we explain what engineering is all about and showcase a diverse mix of real-life engineers - problem solvers building the cities of the future, fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and making the world a better, more inclusive and liveable place.
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Careers with STEM: Resources special edition.
Flip the Careers with STEM: Engineering magazine over for a special, 8-page future-focussed Resources edition, exploring emerging careers in the mining and resources industry, including space mining, sustainability, AI and tech and non-uni pathways.
Discover how technology is revolutionising the mining and resources sector, and how mining jobs of the 21st century will be all about tech skills.
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Australian universities COVID-19 response
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY SCIENCE. ISSUE 3
When the pandemic hit, the Australian Council of Deans of Science quickly mobilised to understand Australian universities COVID-19 response, covered in the latest issue of Australian University Science.
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COLLABORATE INNOVATE 2020
Research commercialisation, science start-ups and genuine, productive collaboration nationally and overseas will be the cornerstones of Australia's innovation future.
In Collaborate Innovate 2020, discover Australia's top CRC achievements. Connect with the world's top minds as they tell us their vision of the future of science research and how linking business with science will play out in the economy and society today and tomorrow.
Read Collaborate Innovate 2020 here.
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To enquire about engaging Refraction Media, an award-winning STEM specialist content company, to produce your next publication, e-newsletter or report, contact CEO, Karen Taylor-Brown.
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