Michaelangelica Posted July 22, 2010 Report Posted July 22, 2010 Vote Now For Australia's Favourite Scientist Six top Australian scientists are in the running for this year’s Eureka Prizes People’s Choice Award. Watch their profiles on ABC TV's Catalyst next Thursday 29 July at 8 pm. Who will you vote for? Professor Chris Evans and Dr K-lynn Smith, a team of Sydney animal behaviouralists who have studied chickens and learned that they can communicate in complex ways never known before. Dr Clinton Fookes, a Brisbane signals processor who has harnessed the power of computer vision to recognise and report on people and actions to improve our security in public places. Dr Naomi McClure-Griffiths, a Sydney astrophysicist who has made a giant map of hydrogen in the Milky Way that gives us insights into how our galaxy was created. Dr Clare Parish, a Melbourne stem-cell scientist who has found new ways to rewire the injured brain, using improved cell transplants. Dr Wouter Schellart, a geophysicist/geologist from Melbourne who created a new theory of Earth dynamics to answer the big questions like what creates mountain ranges, ocean basins, volcanoes and earthquakes. Dr Ryan Taft, a Brisbane geneticist who has found the smallest known keys that turn genes on and off, and discovered that what was once considered ‘junk’ DNA is actually essential to our humanity. Watch their interviews, read their profiles, ask them question & vote Eureka: 2010 People's ChoiceEureka: Finalists Announced for the Oscars of Australian ScienceEureka: Finalists 2010 Prizes Quote
Eclipse Now Posted July 30, 2010 Report Posted July 30, 2010 Ummmm, probably not a good idea to have the sentiments I expressed in this post just lying around in public! :P Michaelangelica 1 Quote
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