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Aussie high school student wins top prize at Intel’s ‘Olympics of science and engineering’

Oliver Nicholls cleans up at Intel's 'Olympics of science', the International Science and Engineering Fair, with his automated high-rise window cleaner.

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Along came an undiscovered spider on a school excursion

Indigenous STEM Award winner and Leonora high school student Boyden George discovered a new species of spider.

Beautiful and dangerous: animating deadly viruses at Vivid Sydney

Peek under the microscope to get a close up encounter with infectious biological agents magnified to spectacular scale as we light up Vivid Sydney.

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From insect evolution to gut health entrepreneur: Dr Mary Webberley—Breakout Female Scientist 2018

From her research on insect evolution to her work with Noisy Guts developing an acoustic belt that 'hears' gut disorders, Dr Mary Webberley has had a rich research history and is now the winner of the 2018 Breakout Female Scientist Award at ON Accelerator.

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Teams of scientists + business mentors = ON Demo Night 2018

What happens when you pair up teams of scientists with business mentors and set them developing for three months? ON Accelerate.

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The things we do for the love of science

From an electrician at the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) to an engineer in our Anechoic chamber down in Clayton, our people have had to learn some pretty niche skills on the job.

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Pint of Science: Sometimes science is better over a beer

Bringing scientists to your local pub to present their latest discoveries and make you fall in love with science.

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Never a more pressing time for progress

Pressing for gender equity is not only the right thing to do, it’s integral to our success. It will allow us to fully unleash our innovation capacity, support the excellence of our science and increase our impact for the nation.

International Women’s Day – Meet the women shaping our future

We want more women in science, technology, engineering and maths roles and leading the charge. And we are making progress. Women are changing the world. We’re lucky enough that some of these incredible women work right here. #pressforprogress

Changing lives is the best motivation for innovation

It's not enough for us to be scientifically innovative. We also need to be socially innovative because if the solution doesn’t change people’s lives, it doesn't matter and it doesn't work. Find out how we're changing lives every day.

Where there’s smoke there’s fire: the invention of smoke detectors

Back in the 70s we helped develop early smoke detection alarms for telephone exchanges, data centres and industrial control rooms around the world.

2017 in science: Cassini crashed, dinosaurs discovered and spiders sorted

As the end of the year fast approaches, we wanted to share one last gift with you: some of the top science stories of 2017.

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