Nominations for the 2026 PM’s Prizes for Science close 18 Dec. More awards open early 2026, plus media training in Per, Syd & Mel. Science news, sector milestones and festive events in our final bulletin of 2025. Read more & subscribe👇 us1.campaign-archive.com?u=d83751047d...
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Research budgets are tightening globally (Nature). Yet major prizes keep spotlighting fundamental science. How do we turn recognition into long-term support? Read our latest Science in Public bulletin + subscribe for insights, impact stories + events. scienceinpublic.com.au/bulletins
SCOPR® 2024 at the KCA Conference shows research commercialisation surging: AU$1.4B in 🇦🇺, NZ$730M in NZ, and 396 new companies in 5 years. Congrats to the 2025 KCA Award winners. Innovation is accelerating. techtransfer.org.au #KCA2025
Quantum isn’t just microscopic. John Clarke, Michel Devoret & John Martinis awarded the 2025 @nobelprize.bsky.social in Physics for showing that quantum effects can be engineered on a larger scale. #IYQ2025 #Quantum www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
“Possibly one of the best training exercises I’ve done.” Rebecca Freshwater, Flows of the Future.
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KCA Awards finalists showcase standout research commercialisation across ANZ: UNSW, Uni Adelaide, QUT, UniMelb, Sydney Uni, UniQuest, UWA, Macquarie + more. Categories: collaboration, HASS, licensing, spin-out, pro of the year. Winners 15 Oct, KCA Conference. techtransfer.org.au/membership/a...
Spotlighting the KCA Conference: Building Australia’s quantum industry, turning research into products, companies and jobs. With Michael Harvey; Dr Cathy Foley AO; Prof André Luiten (QuantX Labs); Jayden Castillo (Quantum Brilliance). Register: clems.eventsair.com/kca-annual-c...
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Simple stories travel further. We've been making videos for researchers with Jerome Pelletier (Stepping Stone Films), showcasing science for 10+ years. Want your breakthrough to show as well as tell?
Turn complex work into stories. Media training to help you translate complex ideas on camera. “Highly recommend,” 📷 Dr Monique Bax, Stem Cell Scientist. 📅 Adelaide 16 Oct; Melbourne 25 Nov; Sydney 11 Dec. www.scienceinpublic.com.au/training
Meet NASA leaders past & present, and learn how we’re returning to the Moon at SPACELIVE. Dr Kirsten Banks
Apollo legend Gerry Griffin, Lockheed Martin's Rob Chambers. SYD 23 & 24 Oct; CBR 26 Oct; MEL 29 Oct. 🎟 ACT/NSW: premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.a... VIC monash.edu/performing-a...
Researchers: want to share your work with impact? Join our media training workshops to learn how to engage audiences, work with journalists & stay true to the science. Adelaide 16 Oct, Melbourne 28 Oct, Sydney 11 Dec: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/training
Celebrating the 2025 Eureka Prizes:
@drvanessapirotta.bsky.social for marine science advocacy,
@livingseawalls.bsky.social for eco-engineering, and Fission Chips for nanosensor innovation. Science in Public worked with these teams to share their stories: australian.museum/get-involved...
Our bulletin for the science world:
>>NASA & Artemis leaders visiting Aus for SPACELIVE
>>Apply for #ScienceWeek 2026 event grant
>>Media training for scientists: ADL, MEL, SYD
>>Awards & prizes
>>Prove It: Elizabeth Finkel's new book on why science works
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>>Space music with NASA astrophysicist, WA
>>Giant clitoris puppet, TAS
>>Inflatable poo palace, NSW
>>How the birds got their colours Dreamtime, NT
#ScienceWeek this weekend: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week/day8-highlights-2025
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>>Seahorse hotels, zebra sharks & underwater forests, NSW
>>Frog saunas and spa treatments, ACT
>>Can nature help with ADHD? VIC
>>Spinning electrons make tech smaller, QLD
>>Neuroscientists and living forever, SA
#ScienceWeek day 6: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week/day6-highlights-2025
>>3D printed pills, QLD
>>How the birds got their colours Dreamtime, NT
>>First Nations artist weaves connections in textiles workshop, SA
>>Minions do physics, VIC
>>Rainbow roses for disabled people, ACT
>>Southern lights in TAS
#ScienceWeek day 5: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>Fire weather, NSW
>>Tech upskilled citizen scientists, QLD
>>AI in farming, ACT
>>An Antarctic outpost on Hobart’s waterfront, TAS
>>Quantum: why stars shine and how birds navigate, WA
>>Kids build 3D-printed weather stations, NT
#ScienceWeek day 4: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>CSIRO wants citizen scientists to snap Aussie wildlife
>>Frogs in saunas
>>eDNA sleuths
>>Tech upskilling for nature lovers
>>Kids explore croc-filled billabongs
>>Zoo poo, singing frogs & elephant sounds
>>Why sharks endure
#ScienceWeek wildlife: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>55+ coders wanted, ACT
>>Crochet + cocktails + maths, WA
>>Pills & nanomedicine, QLD
>>Forever neuroscience, SA
>>Giant knitted gut, NSW
>>Dinosaur bone hotline, NSW
>>Aurora sightings, TAS
>>Space music & deep time, WA + NT
#ScienceWeek Seniors: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>Blind artist drives quantum exhibit
>>Feeding hungry astronauts
>>Bird nests for climate change
>>Holograms in daily life
>>Spinning electrons make tech faster
>>Will the Milky Way crash into Andromeda?
Day 3 #ScienceWeek highlights: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
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>>65,000+ yrs of knowledge
>>Croc-cam school science
>>Fire lab meets Country
>>Torres Strait VR, seaweed science
>>Australovenator, bush science
>>Dreamtime circus
>>Songlines & stars stories
>>Bush tucker, plant & animal knowledge
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>>Psychedelics & brain waves
>>3D pills & nanomedicine
>>The science of immortality
>>Laughter therapy @utas.edu.au
>>Giant knitted gut
>>Save the world from a parasite pandemic
>>Wearable tech to reduce health gaps?
#ScienceWeek health: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>What’s cooking in 2050 & 2100?
>>Brewing science with beer
>>Sweet physics: chocolate science
>>Space farmers & cooks wanted
>>Wine science in song
>>Mars vs Outback food
#ScienceWeek food & drink highlights for media: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>AI farmbots & drones @science.org.au
>>Space farmers wanted
>>Biosecurity frontline
>>Wine science & tractors
>>Mars vs Outback farming
>>Future farmers
>>Agbots & sundaes
#ScienceWeek farming highlights for media: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>The science of 🔥
>>Tassie’s wild weather
>>Navy meets ocean science, SYD
>>1.5M 🌿 specimens, MEL
>>Bird art meets activism, Wyangala & Cowra
>>Burning Country & VR fire lab, MEL
>>Saltmarshes vs climate, PER
#ScienceWeek environment highlights: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>Better sex & science, Beaker St, TAS
>>Aliens & funk at the Planetarium, BNE
>>Geology meets striptease, Dubbo
>>Viral animal vids, Gawler
>>Trek for peace, CBR
>>Psych or potato? MEL
>>Wine science in song, ADL
#ScienceWeek entertainment highlights: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...
>>Help CSIRO ID wild things
>>Vote Oz’s most underrated animal
>>Space farming for Mars
>>Laughter vs illness
>>Frog spas & parasite zoos
>>Thunderstorm asthma
>>3D pills & med bubbles
>>Psychedelics & light therapy
#ScienceWeek national highlights for media: scienceinpublic.com.au/science-week...