Science
Bright ideas go unrewarded
| Georgina Dent
The record shows that Australia is not a place where innovators are richly supported. Few inventors have made it onto the BRW Rich 200, however useful or appealing their inventions.
Don’t believe the type
| Samantha Hutchinson
Myers-Briggs testing has its place in human resources, but it isn’t the whole story.
Solar games repeat
| David James
David James | Why Galileo was wrong to flout the scientific consensus.
Cleaner future
| Jackie RangeA fall in emissions shows the nation on track to hit its greenhouse gas reduction target.
Saves lives, makes money . . . for now
| Kath WaltersEconomy in Action | The release of $100 million of taxpayer money under the Innovation Investment Fund, brings good news and bad.
Let’s keep innovation alive
| Kath WaltersWithout new federal government support, local venture capital funds will collapse, and with it, the nation’s future.
CSL fights infant virus
| Jackie RangeCSL’s pact with health research agency the U.S. National Institutes of Health seeks to solve a big public health problem.
Brain drain
| David James
Emerging life sciences companies are more likely to get funding and succeed overseas.
Government funding falls short
| Jackie RangeThe government has pledged $673.7 million for health and medical research
Research teams pass the test
| Jackie Range
Merck Serono is expanding its presence here, lured by the R&D potential.
Eight steps to happiness
| Emily Chantiri
A recent TV show proved there are several basic, practical measures we can all take to increase our levels of happiness.
More choices in power issue
| David James
An obsession with expensive solar and wind power is causing governments to miss other more effective options.
Shaping the carbon age
| Kate Mills
A senior business figure from the UK advises Australian businesses to pick their fights over the carbon price.
HypoMon Hypoglycaemia Monitor
| Kath Walters
A system that observes symptoms of falling blood sugar levels in children at night.
Victoria Gordon
| Kath WaltersThe year ahead will be a long hard road for QBiotics, but a turbulent economy is the least of its problems.
A chance for real liquidity
| DAMON FRITH
Blue Sky is offering investors the opportunity to diversify from equity-based products.
Blast force
| Andrew Heathcote
This year, Silviu Itescu makes one of the most remarkable debuts in BRW Rich 200 history.
How the Rich 200 invest: Andrew Forrest
| Andrew Heathcote
How the Rich 200 Invest | The biotechnology sector is not normally associated with resources billionaire Andrew Forrest.
Dr Victoria Gordon
| Gillian Tan
As QBiotics moves closer to its first sale, the pace of change quickens.
On your bike
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
The 2011 Tour de Cure is winding its way from Sydney to Melbourne.
High risk, big rewards
| Damon Frith
Viralytics has survived board battles to become a company with a promising future in the quest for medicine’s holy grail.
Six local leaders receive global recognition
| leo d’angelo fisherA group of young Australians have been recognised for their leadership achievements.
Plan to search videos
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
NICTA and Microsoft have joined forces to focus on the performance of online video search engines.
Joe the pied piper
| David James
David James | A fascinating little story about pipers, rats and rat catchers.
Inventor wins $100,000 seed capital
| leo d’angelo fisherMelbourne start-up Southern Innovation, which has developed technology to improve the performance of radiation detectors, has been awarded seed capital of $100,000 as the winner of the University of Queensland’s annual business planning competition.
Innovation gets $80m
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Recipients of the Federal goverment’s Innovation Investment Fund have been named in Canberra.
Can’t buy me love
| Jessica Gardner and Jane Lindhe
These Young Rich run successful businesses, but they have so far been unlucky in love.
Mind-switching research
| kate mills
Research findings on the way the mind works have implications for road design, driver training and multi-tasking.
Industries of the future: Post-industrial turnaround
| David James
In a post industrial economy, business models vary widely.
IPO for gene therapy trial
| David James
Biotech company Broadvector is looking to raise $8.5 million in an initial public offering to conduct trials of a gene therapy that targets prostate cancer and failing hip replacements.
Innovation will fade
| Damon FrithAustralia’s small population of 22 million tends to create big, dominant businesses that can reach scale in a limited population base, so policies designed to limit the nation’s growth only serve to precipitate an exit of large companies to more grow...
The scorecard: Labor’s record on innovation
| Kath Walters
Lack of government funding has undermined good intentions.
Ralph Sarich
$1.13 billion | Perth investor Ralph Sarich steps back into the billionaires’ club in 2010 thanks to rising property prices in his home state.
Innovation crunch
| Peter Roberts
Manufacturers dominate R&D but will be badly affected by government tax changes.
Ventracor bust-up
| Kath Walters
A blow-out in liquidators’ fees leaves nothing for an artificial heart maker’s workers or creditors.
Engineering biology
| David James
Craig Venter, the man who mapped the human genome, says life is far more genetically complex than previously thought.
Waste not, want not
| Anthony Sibillin
The next wave of innovation may be created by a scarcity of resources.
Eyes on the ball
| Gina McColl
Researchers have discovered a hormone which makes our pupils dilate when crucial decisions are made.
Branding
| Gina McCollBye bye meat-and-three-veg and Hey, Hey It's Saturday. One in every four Australians was born overseas, and with birthrates barely above replacement rates, population growth will be largely the result of further immigration. Businesses that cling to ...
Big Australia
| Peter Roberts
A bigger nation means better business - more scope, more scale, more competition, and more opportunities in fitting 35 million people into our cities and towns.
Population underload
| Phil Ruthven Chairman IBISWorldPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has raised the need to co-ordinate all tiers of government to meet the challenges of urban population growth, accelerating faster than any period over the past quarter century. The nation's population could reach 38 million ...
WA leads population bonanza
| Gina McCollWestern Australia's population remains the fastest growing in Australia despite the slowdown and the end of the resources boom....
New mouths to feed economic growth
| Kevin ChinneryAustralia's population growth has hit a 40-year high, after a 1.91 per cent rise in the 12 months to December 2008. More than 60 per cent of the growth came from migration, with 700 people a day arriving. But the boost also came from the biggest baby...
All in the mind
| Report: Silvia Damiano, Silvia Damiano is an organisational development specialist with Mt Eliza Executive Education at Melbourne Business School.Neuroscientific findings provide insights into the successful introduction of organisational change....
Heart treatment success
| Kath WaltersA treatment for heart failure being developed by Melbourne company Mesoblast produced startling results in clinical trials this month that will have a dramatic effect on the company's business and patients with heart failure around the globe....
Privacy first
| Georgina DentThree big law firms have linked up with the New South Wales Director of Public Prosecutions, the state's Women's Legal Services and the NSW Bar Association to offer sexual assault victims free legal advice on how to protect the confidentiality of the...
Happy to be here
| Report: Kath WaltersThere's good money in happiness. At a time when most workplaces would benefit from an antidote to the gloom, a growing body of supporters attest to its efficacy....
Migrant cut dangerous
| Anthony SibillinAustralia continues to record its highest rates of population growth since the 1950s and 1960s, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures shows. However, the federal government's decision to slash the permanent migration intake by 13 per cent threatens...