Archived News for Education Sector Professionals - October, 2021
CSIRO launches bushfire resource
CSIRO has published a new online guide for home bushfire resilience ahead of this year’s fire season.
Mysterious pulse picked up from space
Astronomers have discovered unusual signals coming from the centre of our galaxy.
Organocatalysis takes Nobel
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021 has been awarded to the people behind the development of a new and ingenious tool for molecule building: organocatalysis.
Skills deal delayed
The federal and state governments are bickering over the terms of a new national skills funding deal.
Archaeologists undertake space dig
Australian archaeologists are investigating life in the ‘micro society’ of the International Space Station (ISS).
Expert urges prompt return
Analysts are concerned Australia’s university sector may be afflicted with ‘long COVID’.
Ancient eagle uncovered in SA
Evidence of Australia's oldest eagle has been uncovered in the desert.
Touching results in Nobel Prize
American scientists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine for discovering how humans feel temperature and touch.
Teacher challenges jab rules
A casual relief teacher has launched a court challenge against the Victorian government's vaccine mandate.