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  One of the World-leading physicist and Australian National University professor Chennupati Jagadish has been elected as the next president of the Australian Academy of Science. The nanotechnology pioneer will be the 20th president in the national science organisation's history and the first Australian of Indian heritage appointed to the coveted position by his peers. The role of academy president will have him champion the cause of scientific excellence while leading the organisation in providing advice to the Australian Parliament. He will replace biochemist and molecular biologist Professor John Shine, who has held the position since 2018. The academy's home, the Shine Dome, was renamed after the outgoing professor in 2000 in recognition of a $1 million donation he made to help restore the iconic Canberra building. Professor Jagadish takes on the role of president at the same time the academy is reporting young scientific researchers have been severely impacted by the

Forest fires have become a global problem, causing over 339,000 premature deaths worldwide – and threatening biodiversity by destroying animals and nature. While the world is still looking for a solution for this issue, Reshma Kosaraju’s project on the uses of AI technology to predict forest fires has won her the Children’s Climate Prize, 2021. A fifteen-year-old from Saratoga, USA, Reshma’s innovative and solution-oriented approach to forest fires, a highly topical and growing global issue, made her project stand out. The Children’s Climate Prize (CCP) was started by the Swedish company Telge Energi. It’s been given every year since 2016 to a person between the ages of 12 and 17 who has made “extraordinary efforts” to improve life on the planet for children now and in the future. This year, the prize organizers report that a record number of young people from 32 different countries were nominated for the prize. The project — AI against forest fires — can predict forest fires with a