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The annual prizes for Australian science recognised efforts to confront the key challenges facing our world.

This year's Australian Museum Eureka Prizes have recognised Australian science and engagement in fields across public health, climate change and biodiversity

Today 22 scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to science by the Australian Academy of Science Honorific Awards.

In the wake of consecutive attacks to learning and teaching conditions at the University of Sydney, much of activists’ ire has been thrown at the elusive figure…

Scientists reveal the structure of glutamate transporter in our cells Feb 18 2021 For the first time, researchers have found one of the most important molecular machines in our cells uses a ‘twisting elevator’ mechanism, solving a mystery of how it transports crucial chemical signals from one cell to another. Individual transporter particles captured by the cryo-EM (left), the structure solved by averaging thousands of these individual particles (middle) and a computer simulation of the glu...

Credit: Ichia Chen A University of Sydney-led international team of scientists has revealed the shape of one of the most important molecular machines in our cellsthe glutamate transporter, helping to explain how our brain cells communicate with one another. Glutamate transporters are tiny proteins on the surface of all our cells that shut on and off the chemical signals that have a big role in making sure all cell-to-cell talk runs smoothly. They are also involved in nerve signalling, metaboli...