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Genetics and Jazz: The Two Sides to Emily Vohralik

By Kristina Fidanovski Emily, like many scientists, leads a double life. She doesn’t begin with that though. When she sits down for this interview, she has an easy smile and ready words to set me at ease (I’ve never interviewed anyone before), and…

Conjugated Polymers – Plastics with Funky Properties

By Kristina Fidanovski If you don’t know what a polymer is, let alone a conjugated polymer, don’t panic. I guarantee you’ll get it by the end of this article. You use polymers every day – they’re things like plastics and resins, DNA and…

ASPIRE Holiday Program–Reaching Out to Regional NSW

By Kristina Fidanovski “It works!” The girl’s disgruntled face suddenly clears and lights up the same way her circuit just has. I don’t get to admire her enthusiasm for long though–I’m drawn away to make sure the group aerial testing their light-up helicopter…