Dr Colleen MacMillan

@Science_Academy @UQ_News @UniCanberra @MonashUni @QUT @UQscience @Monash_Science @MMaryGarsonae @RosGleadow Congratulations @RosGleadow !!!

Emerita Professor Mary Garson AM FAA, @UQ_news Professor Arthur Georges FAA, @UniCanberra Professor Roslyn Gleadow FAA, @MonashUni Professor Dmitri Golberg FAA, @QUT

Academy Fellows elected in 2024 Admission Ceremony – photos Professor Nerilie Abram FAA, @ourANU Professor Andrew Blakers FAA FTSE, @ourANU Professor Rachelle Buchbinder AO FAA FAHMS, @MonashUni Professor Kylie Catchpole FAA FTSE, @ourANU 🧵

Applications are now open for the @ScienceAU #SuperstarsOfSTEM program! I can't recommend it enough! Applications close on the 1st of September, so get applying 🌟 scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/sup…

Spotting the gap: The rise of Australian cotton tampons farmers.org.au/farmerprofile/…

Tree bark as a surface draws down methane. This is significant, considering tree bark collectively on the planet is the size of all the land surface area on Earth. nature.com/articles/s4158…

Bega's bid to become a circular economy to reduce waste abc.net.au/news/2024-07-2… via @ABCaustralia #circulareconomy

"Australian wool and cotton farmers are now positioning themselves to benefit from designers and manufacturers wanting to use fibres with complete traceability and green credibility." abc.net.au/news/2024-07-1…

Aust #cotton has recently released our 4th #environmental assessment. There's no other ag industry with such a long history of examining progress in such an independent & transparent way. In our latest Spotlight mag, take a look at 30years of scorecards 📈 crdc.com.au/publications/s…

Australia’s largest food exporter and second largest producer of food and fibre products by value - great piece by @MaddiePlantSci on Victoria (as in Australian State). "Healthy people on a healthy planet." breakthroughvictoria.com/stories/health…

‘Chemical recycling’: 15-minute reaction turns old clothes into useful molecules nature.com/articles/d4158…

Fast fashion damages local quality, businesses, and community in Australia. Here is a recent example from Perth. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-0…

This is so cool… Knitting and knots, equivalence of patterns, compiling knitting machines… I’m in textiles-lab.github.io/publications/2…

Okay this is the most honest picture of the bioluminescent firefly petunia I could make. Adjusted exposure time to 5 sec and other parameters to match EXACTLY what I see with my eyes. This is 5mins after grow lights shut off. I swear this is what my eyes saw.

Global research indicates "that a woman's self-assessment of her safety and her children's safety is usually the accurate predictor of how things will play out" abc.net.au/news/2024-06-0…

Used wool craftsman adds voice to calls for textile recycling in Australia abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2…

The Australian Cotton Industry Data Dashboard is now live and accessible. The data dives into all the specific areas of the industry's sustainability metrics - spanning Planet, People, Paddock. Here is the link to the dashboard: cottondata.com.au

Seven men a day are lost to suicide in Australia. Mental health is important. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-1…