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The Council of the Royal Society of New South Wales was delighted to learn that four of its Fellows, Members, and Award Winners were named as recipients of the 2025 […]

The Royal Society of NSW and the Learned Academies Forum for 2025, on the theme of ‘AI: The Hope and the Hype‘, was hosted at Government House Sydney, by Her

Society Fellow, Dr David Cook FRSN FTSE, is the winner of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) President’s Medal for 2025. This recognises his efforts to modernise the

Most face-to-face events and all online events conducted by the Royal Society of New South Wales are recorded and made available for subsequent viewing on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/royalsocnsw. In

Thomas Julius Borody died on 6 October 2025. Few know his discoveries changed the lives of millions, more than did any contemporary Australian.   Peptic ulcers were the medical tsunami of

Scientia Professor Martina Stenzel FRSN FAA, of the UNSW School of Chemistry, has been awarded the Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. The Batteard-Jordan Polymer Medal is the highest award

The Royal Society of New South Wales was delighted to learn that Professor Angela Nickerson FRSN FASSA, of UNSW Sydney and a former Edgeworth David Medallist, of the Society, was

Society Member, and winner of one of the Society’s 2023 Bicentennial Early Career Research and Service Citations, Dr Jacinta Martin of the University of Newcastle has just co-authored a study

Professor Pall Thordarson FRSN, of the UNSW School of Chemistry, has been awarded the Leighton Memorial Medal of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. The award recognises outstanding contributions to research, technology, leadership

Professor Chuan Zhao FRSN FRACI FRSC, of the UNSW School of Chemistry, has been awarded an Applied Research and Innovation Award by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute. Professor Zhao, who became