Australia banks on quantum leaps as Microsoft inks deal with uni

The possibilities of quantum computers are much-hyped but even the search for breakthroughs promises lucrative spin-offs.

Winners and losers in the billion-dollar science cash splash

There were nine winners and 11 losers in the latest Australian Research Council funding announcement.

'Calm waters' likely to elude embattled CSIRO chief

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Labor pledges $1.2b for science

A Shorten government would spend an additional $1.2 billion over four years on science and research to restore part of the $3 billion taken out by the Abbott-Turnbull governments, says Kim Carr, the opposition's science spokesman.

'It looks like a con': New CSIRO climate centre splits staff

Cuts at the CSIRO have been scaled back but questions remain about the future of its climate science programs.

'It's my dream': Big advance claimed for solar cells

The sci-fi vision of solar cells coating surfaces from buildings to vehicles has been brought closer to reality after scientists at the University of NSW achieved new levels of electricity generation using non-toxic and abundant materials.

Scientists rue loss of technical edge at CSIRO

CSIRO's work on the gravitational waves discovery was "a thing of beauty" but is unlikely to be repeated, visiting scientist says.

'The job prospects are pretty mediocre': The problem with STEM

Young Australians are being told to study STEM subjects. But what does their future really hold?

CSIRO's gravitation waves contribution came from unit now axed

CSIRO executives are being accused of claiming credit for achievements of a science unit it has recently axed, amid on-going job cuts at the agency.