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The importance of soils to food and nutrition security was the focus an international summit of scientists held in Argentina recently.

PhD student and social roboticist Siva Leela Krishna Chand Gudi has been selected by the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ to represent Australia at the highly prestigious 6th Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany in September.

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The contributions to ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ and industry by the late Sir Ian William Wark CMG CBE FAA FTSE were commemorated this month with the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ’s Ian Wark Medal and Lecture.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ has welcomed Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham’s statement about the importance of qualified science and maths teachers in Australian schools.

The newly-formed International Science Council has met for the first time at its founding General Assembly in Paris.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ congratulates Academy Fellows Martin Green, Terry Hughes and Brian Walker on recent international recognition of their research.

Seven Academy Fellows have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list, including four who have received Australia’s highest accolade for their work, named as Companions in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

A talented local scientist’s work to develop a form of ‘electronic skin’ that monitors the environment and the human body has been recognised by the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ.