A landmark report calls for serious leadership and investment in the agricultural potential of the First Nations estate, especially if governments are serious about closing the gap and unlocking north Australia's development potential.

Queensland’s ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within 13 years, using 22 gigawatts of new wind and solar. The plan relies on two massive new pumped hydro developments to store electricity, including the biggest proposed in the world.

Anastasiia Zalogina from the Nonlinear Physics Centre led a project to convert infrared laser light to high harmonics (up to sevenfold shorter wavelengths ranging from visible towards UV spectrum), using a single cylinder of aluminium gallium arsenide with a diameter about 50 times smaller than a human hair.

Dr Debbie Saunders is a nature-lover – and the CEO of a high-tech start-up. “I never imagined that I would be doing what I do,” she says.

A ground-breaking research centre focused on optical technologies, which could create lifelike moving holograms that display straight from your phone screen, is being officially launched at The Australian National University (ANU).

Students from ANU have helped to conduct a study that will improve earthquake preparedness on the Indonesian island of Lombok

Spring isn't all it's quacked up to be. Pollen levels are high, magpies are terrorising cyclists and pedestrians alike, and protective duck parents are in attack mode.

In 2008, Nerilie Abram was a climate scientist working on ice cores at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. On one memorable day, Prince Charles visited the facility – and Nerilie was tasked with giving him a tour.

People on social media have a lot of strong feelings about the money spent on science research. It is all a big misunderstanding?