MD Shariar Hossain has secured ARC Linkage Grant support for a next generation 'smart' superconducting magnet system to guard against unexpected power outages.
Graeme Turner's latest book, The Shrinking Nation, is available for pre-order from UQ Press and will be launched at Avid Reader on Sunday, 27 August. 

Roly Sussex provides a word in your ear on Americanisms.

Peter Greste writes on media freedom and its importance for democracy.

Queensland Holocaust Museum and Education Centre has opened recently. 

QAAS's partner organisation The Brisbane Dialogues will be holding a compelling discussion on Net Zero without Nuclear? on Tuesday, 8 August at The Tivoli.



Fred D'Agostino
Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
www.qldacademy.org.au