We think of coral reefs as a diverse ecosystem, but each coral is an entire and complex microworld of organisms imperceptible to our eyes. Floriaan Devloo-Delva

What we have in common with corals and their unexplored microbial world

Just like humans, corals live with myriad microscopic organisms. We are just starting to understand this unseen world.
More than just beakers and Bunsen burners, chemistry extends across many areas. *USB*

Proteins to plastics: chemistry as a dynamic discipline

AUSTRALIA 2025: How will science address the challenges of the future? In collaboration with Australia’s chief scientist Ian Chubb, we’re asking how each science discipline will contribute to Australia…
The genes responsible for the cell’s cargo delivery system were found in a strain of yeast used for baking and brewing. Image from shutterstock.com

Bread, beer and botox: the science behind the 2013 Nobel Prize for medicine

What do bread, beer and botox have in common with this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine? More than you might think. But more on that in a minute. The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Lawrence Bragg’s work in crystallography changed the way we see the world. orinoco14

Bragging rights: celebrating the centenary of crystallography

In April this year, media coverage of the 100th anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic blanketed the airwaves in Australia. But this year marks another centenary, one that has had a much deeper…
It’s synch or swim time for one of the country’s leading facilities.

Australian Synchrotron: scientific marvel, political puzzle

The funding woes of the Australian Synchrotron – a landmark scientific research facility located in Melbourne – have made news in recent weeks. How can such a fabulous resource, with such potential to…

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