Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Nov 6 2025, 12:27 PM
https://archive.ph/uXJlr
Quote:For her work during the pandemic, Morawska was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in 2021.
On Monday evening, she also received the top gong at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, for her “pioneering research about the air we breathe”.
Morawska described receiving the $250,000 prime minister’s prize as “an amazing joy”, but said importantly the award would bring attention to her field of research.
Her current work focuses on ultrafine particles – tiny pollutants tens to hundreds of times smaller than PM2.5 and believed to have more significant health impacts, but which are not yet widely regulated.
“Because they are so small, they can get deep into the human respiratory tract,” Morawska said.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australia-prime-ministers-prize-for-science-lidia-morawska-covid-michael-wear-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-knowledge
https://archive.ph/uXJlr
Quote:For her work during the pandemic, Morawska was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in 2021.
On Monday evening, she also received the top gong at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, for her “pioneering research about the air we breathe”.
Morawska described receiving the $250,000 prime minister’s prize as “an amazing joy”, but said importantly the award would bring attention to her field of research.
Her current work focuses on ultrafine particles – tiny pollutants tens to hundreds of times smaller than PM2.5 and believed to have more significant health impacts, but which are not yet widely regulated.
“Because they are so small, they can get deep into the human respiratory tract,” Morawska said.
