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A quest for scientific inspiration has taken five students from disadvantaged schools in London to the newly opened Royal Institution of Australia in Adelaide. For the past five years, groups of disadvantaged students from Adelaide have travelled to London to visit the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Full article from Adelaide Now: ... Continue Reading »

Curious alien worms mingled with 2000 visitors at yesterday's Royal Institution of Australia family event in Victoria Square in the city. The "Lift off to Science day" offered a taste of space science with a chance to meet aliens, watch musical science shows, take a 3D tour of the cosmos and ... Continue Reading »

A new science centre that will trade in knowledge and ideas and attempt to help solve the most serious issues facing modern society has been opened in Adelaide. The Royal Institution Australia (RiAus), the first sister organisation to Britain's famed Royal Institution, was opened by patron the Duke of Kent ... Continue Reading »

Astronauts, Nobel prize-winning scientists, industry leaders and politicians agree, science is at the heart of almost every major challenge facing people today. The message came through loud and clear at the opening yesterday of the Royal Institution of Australia by the Duke of Kent. The Duke is president of the Royal ... Continue Reading »

A new science centre that will trade in knowledge and ideas and attempt to help solve the most serious issues facing modern society has been opened in Adelaide. The Royal Institution Australia (RiAus), the first sister organisation to Britain's famed Royal Institution, was opened by patron the Duke of Kent today. Full ... Continue Reading »

Climbing the cosmic ladder and marking out the distance to the stars is one way to fall in love with mathematics, says visiting mathematician Professor Terry Tao. The Adelaide-born prodigy who at 24 became the youngest Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles 10 years ago, is on tour ... Continue Reading »

Scientists have found evidence in Australia that animals had sex, became pregnant and gave birth to live young 200 million years earlier than previously thought. The revelation pushes the time of the "oldest mother" back to 375 million years. News of the Australian discovery -- in the form of an extinct ... Continue Reading »

A national think-tank based in Adelaide will ensure science is part of public debate on major issues with $15 million from the Budget. The Royal Institution of Australia, due to open in the old stock exchange building at the end of the year, will be a national science hub. Full article from ... Continue Reading »

For more than 100 years it was a place of monetary exchange, now a historic inner-city building will be the venue to exchange scientific ideas. Work has begun to transform the former Adelaide Stock Exchange into the home of the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus). The RiAus venue on Exchange Place ... Continue Reading »

Departing University of Sydney vice-chancellor Gavin Brown is set to pursue his passion for science as inaugural director of the newly created Royal Institution of Australia, to be based in Adelaide. Professor Brown, who is a mathematician, sees his mission as putting science in the "general public space." Full article from The ... Continue Reading »

The Duke of Kent signed on at Adelaide University on Wednesday, again forging a bond between the royal family and the centre of learning dating back more than 100 years. As part of his six-day stay in Adelaide, Prince Edward visited the school of physics and chemistry at the university, ... Continue Reading »