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Leading scientists say bringing together the space industry under a strategic coordination framework must be the first order of business upon the establishment of a home-grown space agency.

Leading scientists say bringing together the space industry under a strategic coordination framework must be the first order of business upon the establishment of a home-grown space agency.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ has welcomed the bipartisan approach to establish an Australian space agency and says a national coordination framework must be a first order priority for the agency.

The ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ’s innovative approach to primary school science education has been recognised with a win at the Australian Publishers Association (APA)‘s 2017 Educational Publishing Awards.

Prominent international scientists Dr Christina Kellogg, Professor Stefanie Dimmeler and Dr Graham Nugent have been awarded ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ Travelling Fellowships. The Fellowships foster the international exchange of scientific ideas and support lectures for the general public.

¾«¶«ÊÓƵ Fellow Professor Stephen Powles has won the American Chemical Society International Award for Research in Agrochemicals.

A meeting hosted by the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ this week, through its Future Earth Australia initiative, has reinforced the importance of close collaboration across Australia’s research sector both domestically and internationally.

PhD student Mortaza Rezae from Curtin University is the winner of the second Australian Falling Walls Lab, hosted by the ¾«¶«ÊÓƵ.

The Academy was flat out keeping up with the activities in this year’s annual celebration of science in Australia, National Science Week, on 12–20 August.