The AusSMC has developed an online toolkit to help experts both prepare for, and respond to, trolling and harassment online.
READ MOREThe AusSMC will upgrade of our news portal Scimex thanks to a Digital Innovation Fund grant from the Walkley Foundation's Meta Australian News Fund.
READ MOREThe Australia Day Council has appointed AusSMC Chairman, Peter Yates AM, to be an Australia Day Ambassador for the 2024 Celebrations on 26 January, 2024.
READ MOREThe AusSMC has been able to work with five news rooms on collaborative projects in 2023-24. Each newsroom is being matched with a range of experts from around the country who have deep expertise in the topic being explored.
READ MOREThe Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has elected AusSMC CEO, Dr Susannah Eliott, as a Fellow.
READ MOREWe're proud to announce that our very own Lyndal Byford has been awarded the 2022 Unsung Hero of Australian Science Communication prize by the Australian Science Communicators (ASC).
READ MOREAfter a very successful pilot, we recently ran a new media training program for women in STEM from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD).
READ MOREThe next Indigenous Media Mentoring Program will take place at the Sydney studios of NITV/SBS on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th of April 2024.
READ MORECOVID-19 led to a flood of misinformation in the media and the early release of huge numbers of research papers.
To help tackle this, we now include three simple, clear labels to be attached to any medical story on Scimex.
READ MOREA French study has found that prolonged use of progesterone-like hormones which are found in some contraceptive injections and hormone treatments, are linked to... READ MORE ON SCIMEX
Spending less time sitting could help reduce blood pressure in people over 60, according to an Australian and international study. The study split around 280 pe... READ MORE ON SCIMEX
Two classes of chemicals that are found in some disinfectants and flame retardants could impair the development of a type of cell in the brain, called oligodend... READ MORE ON SCIMEX
For decades, people with diabetes have relied on finger pricks to withdraw blood or adhesive microneedles to measure and manage their glucose levels. Researcher... READ MORE ON SCIMEX
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