April 2023 - Powering Victoria
The combined scientific, environmental, and economic evidence highlights the critical need to transition away from the use of fossil fuels for electricity production. In this edition, we feature some of the innovative scientific research that rethinks our electricity production, how students are creating models of renewable energy cities, and the multi-faceted approach required to transitioning our energy production, storage, and use.
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The problems that threaten our planet, how to identify them and how to prevent them. The task feels overwhelming, and it inevitably falls to science to fill the desperate need for evidence-based decision-making
Biotechnology is the use of science and technology to harness the power of living things for practical purposes. From designing drugs to developing more sustainable farming methods, biotechnology is a cornerstone of modern research. In this edition, we explore the role of biotechnology in different areas, and how it is offering solutions to some of humanity’s biggest challenges.