ICPP 2028 - 13th International Congress of Plant Pathology from 19-25 August at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Queensland Australia

The Australian Labor Party's national platform now explicitly recognises fungi alongside flora and fauna.

Mechanistic networks that encode causal regulatory logic can predict the effects of genetic and environmental perturbations but constructing them is a bottleneck in systems biology because the relevan...

What's the greatest piece of classical music of all time? Cast your vote to have your say, and then find out as ABC Classic count down the Classic 100 on June 6 and 7, 2026

Other videos of this concert in my playlist - John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends, 70th Birthday Concert 2003

The Winter School in AI and Predictive Agriculture is a free event to share the collective learnings of experts from The University of Queensland in the use of AI and predictive analytics in Agricultu...

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Analysis commissioned by independent senator found national science agency’s funding is at its lowest since 1978 The Albanese government will boost funding to CSIRO by $387.4 million in a bid to meet the long-term costs of the national science agency. It follows months of advocacy by scientists and staff after hundreds of job cuts and cost-cutting measures. Continue reading...

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Cheese, fermented cabbage, roadkill – these are how some people have described the smell emitting from a corpse flower that has finally bloomed at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.

Event information The ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success is coordinating the next Genotype by Environment by Management (GxExM) symposium in November 2026 in Brisbane, Queensland. The symposiu...

Renowned for their size and stench, blooming corpse flowers are a rare occurrence. But to have four flowering in a week is "something of a record".

Genomic analyses of 390 accessions reveal the domestication history of highly polyploid sugarcane and the wild contributors to its diversification and to modern cultivars.

Dr Jim Peacock AC, former Academy President, made outstanding contributions to Australian science. The Australian Academy of Science is saddened to learn of the passing of its former President and

Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding

Professor Steve Long was a visionary scientist. His research helped shape our understanding of fundamental plant biology and the long-term impacts of climate change on plant productivity, with wide-ra...

How science is told matters as much as what it says.

Vaccine properties of the soapbark tree to be cultivated in days rather than years by new process

After being exonerated for the deaths of her four infant children, Kathleen Folbigg is adjusting to life after 20 years wrongfully imprisoned — thanks to the enduring support of her lifelong friend an...

We cannot improve productivity without closing tax loopholes, recognising overseas qualifications and tackling ableism, racism and ageism * One Big Idea is a series on how to transform Australia’s economy in the lead-up to Jim Chalmers’ economic roundtable Discussions about productivity cannot be separated from discussions about the kind of society we want to live in and whose living standards we are trying to lift. We must address Australia’s growing inequality which is one of the major causes of weak productivity and declining living standards in Australia. Continue reading...

Australian growers are planting large crops of chickpeas encouraged by a stabilised trade relationship with India.

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Researchers from UWA and Flinders University have located what is believed to be the largest plant in the world – an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass stretching across 180km that is estimated...

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Our results show there is a predictive advantage to direct inclusion of the transcriptome for genomic evaluation in wheat breeding for traits where <i>G</i> × <i>E</i> is a factor. However, the comple...

We&#39;ve released the latest greenhouse gas data from one of the cleanest air sources in the world. Kennaook / Cape Grim is a world-famous atmospheric gas monitoring station managed by us and the Bu...

Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists have developed high-yield, stress-tolerant, climate-resilient rice varieties free of foreign DNA

Once almost lost, these fragile old vines are now the focus of DNA testing and efforts to preserve Australia's oldest vineyards.