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  • 17th Century Dutch explorers help the Atlas reach a major milestone — 30 million records!
    [more information] The Atlas of Living Australia added its 30 millionth species occurrence record last week, making it the largest collection of…

  • Australia signs up to newly formed SKA organisation
    [more information] Australia and New Zealand’s bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope took a step forward today with the…

  • Auditing the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets
    [more information] An international research team has balanced the sea-level rise budget by showing that the total amount of contributions to sea…

  • New ERC grants taking projects from research table to market
    [more information] A series of European Research Council (ERC) ‘top up’ grants worth up to EUR 150,000 each have been awarded to 30 leading…

  • Scientists create map of corals and their stress factors
    [more information] An international team of scientists has succeeded in creating a map of the planet’s corals and their stress factors. Presented…

  • Developing a worldwide league table
    [more information] The European Union plans to publish a worldwide ranking of universities next year that it hopes will rival existing global…

  • European companies outpace American counterparts in R&D investment growth for the first time in five years
    [more information] R&D investment by EU companies has increased by 8.8% compared to the increased R&D investment by US companies of 8.6%,…

  • World Solar Challenge 2007 started
    [more information] Darwin (Australia) — 41 solar cars on their way competing in the World Solar Challenge 2007 in Australia. The race, started on…

  • e-VLBI world first to view the southern hemisphere sky
    [more information] Extensive collaboration between AARNet, CSIRO and European scientists culminates in three lightpaths from Australia to Europe .

  • Networks create “instant world telescope”
    [more information] For the first time, a CSIRO radio telescope has been linked to others in China and Europe in real-time, demonstrating the power…

  • Research gives boost to hunt for malaria vaccine
    [more information] An international team of researchers has created a mouse which accurately mimics the human immune response to malarial…

  • European research determines Australia’s carbon monoxide worries are South American imports
    [more information] Thanks to a European research project of literally global proportions, scientists have been able to determine that much of the…

  • Keeping up S&T ties with Europe
    [more information] In addition to debating politics and showcasing some of Europe’s state of the art technology, the IST2006 event, held in…

  • Educating engineers for ITER
    [more information] As preparations get underway to build ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, a group of European nuclear…

  • Netherlands-Australia student exchange
    [more information] The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, and the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and…

  • Raising R&D spending to 3% of GDP will boost EU GDP by up to 10%, says Potočnik
    [more information] EU Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik, has said that should the EU increase its investment in research to 3%…

  • Links with the Netherlands boosted through new student exchanges
    [more information] The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, and the Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and…

  • Eleven-nation line-up for European Inventor of the Year awards
    [more information] An international jury chaired by former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok has nominated inventors from eleven nations for the title…

  • Dutch, Danish and French enterprises win European Information Society Technology Grand Prize 2006
    [more information] A computer memory that can survive radiation and temperatures up to 200°C, a security system that recognizes your face, and a…

  • EU project investigates link between chemical exposure and childhood cancer
    [more information] Partners from 25 institutions in 16 EU Member States are to investigate how exposure to chemicals in food and the environment…

  • Adelaide institutions win contract from $231 billion fund
    [more information] The University of Adelaide has been awarded a major contract by one of the world’s biggest pension funds to design a new stock…