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Head Office
PO Box 225
Dickson
ACT 2602
Australia
[t] +61 2 6276 6766
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CSIRO is Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.As one of the world's largest and most diverse scientific global research organisations, work touches every aspect of Australian life: from the molecules that build life to the molecules in space. Working from sites across the nation and around the globe, our 6500 staff are focussed on providing new ways to improve quality of life, as well as the economic and social performance of a number of industry sectors, through research and development. These sectors are: Agribusiness
Energy and Transport
Environment and Natural Resources
Health
Information, Communication and Services
Manufacturing
Mineral Resources |
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A new invention by Ensis that measures the stiffness of corrugated boxes will provide the paper packaging industry with the ability to improve the quality of their products, and help exporters reduce the risk of product damage through faulty boxes. |
24 May 2007 |
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Scientists have explained why atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gas methane have stabilised in recent years, but warn that increases could resume in the near future. |
24 May 2007 |
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CSIRO is working towards the 'Smart Farm' of the future with research focussing on Wireless Sensor Networks and their potential to transform the Australian agriculture industry. |
23 May 2007 |
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Astronomers have used a pair of pulsars orbiting each other, found with CSIRO’s Parkes telescope in 2003, to show that Einstein’s theory of general relativity is correct to within 0.05%, the most stringent limit to date. |
23 May 2007 |
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A team of CSIRO scientists has determined the molecular structure of the insulin receptor, the protein on the surface of cells that mediates the effects of insulin. This advance builds on many years of international research to understand how insulin functions in the body. |
12 May 2007 |
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Science can assist the community to avoid rather than simply understand the potential negative effects of climate change, according to CSIRO Research Fellow, Dr Barrie Pittock |
11 May 2007 |
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Brain research will get a boost as CSIRO launches in the United States its HCA-Vision nerve cell analysis software at Neuroscience, the world's largest conference for brain researchers. |
10 May 2007 |
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A new $10.6 million research cluster aimed at leading Australia nearer to a sustainable hydrogen economy will be launched at CSIRO’s Energy Centre in Newcastle. |
09 May 2007 |
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The world’s first commercial DNA test for beef cattle feed efficiency was launched at the Australian Lot Feeders Association’s annual conference on the Gold Coast last week. |
08 May 2007 |
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A new environmentally-friendly treatment to control the tiny parasitic worms which plague the livestock sector is set to become a commercial reality. Since 1997, CSIRO researchers and their partners at Sydney-based company, International Animal Health Products Pty Ltd, have worked to develop effective methods to grow and introduce the fungus, Duddingtonia flagrans, into stockfeed. |
07 May 2007 |
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Recovering low- and medium-grade waste heat from industrial processes potentially offers substantial energy savings, according to a recent review by the Energy Transformed Flagship, which also recommends using satellite technology to map the nation’s hot spots. |
07 May 2007 |
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CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship is exploring how modern genomics can contribute to marine conservation and management by providing data more effectively and perhaps yielding new types of data. |
06 May 2007 |
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CSIRO’s low-emission coal research program today received a boost when the Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard, announced funding for the development of post-combustion capture technology as part of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. |
05 May 2007 |
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As Australians become increasingly alert to the importance of using water wisely in the home, CSIRO researchers have found a way to use a third less water when you shower, by adding air. |
04 May 2007 |
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Australian researchers are investigating a new way of making aluminium that could cut the energy required to produce the metal by up to 30 per cent. Aluminium is an energy-intensive industry, consuming as much as 15 per cent of Australia’s electricity, which contributes to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. |
03 May 2007 |
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Australian climate scientists in Hobart and their international colleagues are celebrating the feats of a tiny New Zealand research vessel that is transforming the study of oceans and climate in the Southern Hemisphere. |
02 May 2007 |
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Scientists have called for the development of constructive national and international partnerships to underpin an increasingly concerted effort to manage climate change. |
01 May 2007 |
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CSIRO has ‘built’ a shirt which could fulfil the fantasy of anyone who has, in the privacy of their homes, jammed along with one of rock ‘n roll’s great lead guitarists. |
30 April 2007 |
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In a world first, a team of international scientists led by CSIRO has constructed a virtual map of the genome of the sheep. The ‘virtual sheep genome’, a physical DNA map of more than 98 per cent of the sheep genome, will be made publicly available by CSIRO this week. It contains the ‘best bet’ about where the sheep’s vast amount of hereditary information can be found on its 26 chromosomes. |
29 April 2007 |
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A major Australian study to better understand the devastating and deadly Alzheimer’s disease is being launched in Melbourne. The $10 million Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing has brought together leading Australian researchers for a three-year study to improve our understanding of the causes and diagnosis of the disease, to examine lifestyle and diet factors that may influence the onset of Alzheimer’s and to help develop preventative strategies. |
28 April 2007 |
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Dr Graeme Woodrow, Chief of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, today made a statement regarding the project undertaken by CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies to determine the structure of the insulin receptor. |
27 April 2007 |
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CSIRO has developed an innovative solution to two very different problems confronting two of the biggest industries in the remote community of King Island in the Bass Strait, by transforming waste cardboard into an abundant fuel source. |
26 April 2007 |
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A new method for designing insecticides could produce chemicals which are deadly to specific pests yet harmless to other species. A partnership between CSIRO and Australian Wool Innovation is on the way to discovering new environmentally-friendly insecticides. Safer insecticides targeting sheep blowflies and sheep body lice are being developed to save the wool industry millions of dollars in lost stock, while promoting a clean green image for wool. |
25 April 2007 |
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Information about the environmental impact of a range of industry materials is to be made available to the public via a new national database. The Australian Life Cycle Inventory database initiative, led by CSIRO, will allow users from government and industry to assess and compare products across a number of industries ranging from building to packaging materials, and to choose those likely to give the best performance relative to their environmental impact. |
24 April 2007 |
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A new $12 million research collaboration was announced today for Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef Region. The Minister for Education, Science and Training and the Member for Curtin in WA, the Hon Julie Bishop, launched the Ningaloo Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster today, at Murdoch University. |
23 April 2007 |
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New research shows the rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions more than doubled since the 1990s. According to the co-Chair of the Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist Dr Mike Raupach, 7.9 billion tonnes of carbon were emitted into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and the rate of increase is accelerating. |
22 April 2007 |
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Pests hitch-hiking in timber being traded internationally could be in for a rocky ride if delegates at a Post Harvest Timber Forum have their way. Delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, China and the United States will gather to discuss ways to move timber around the world without threatening the biosecurity of importing countries. |
21 April 2007 |
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CSIRO’s Parkes telescope, which turned 45 in October, is getting a new lease on life this week with the replacement of some of its drive gears. The new gears replace the ones fitted to the telescope when it was built in the late 1950s. |
20 April 2007 |
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By mapping the family tree of the fungus that causes ‘Crown Rot’ in wheat, CSIRO Plant Industry has taken a major step towards controlling the devastating disease.
With a clearer picture of the fungus’ genetic history and development, researchers hope they will be better equipped to find longer lasting and more effective strategies to reduce the impact of Crown Rot, a disease which currrently costs the wheat industry around $50 million in lost yield every year. |
19 April 2007 |
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CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples, a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties. “The red colour in apple skin is the result of anthocyanins, the natural plant compounds responsible for blue and red colours in many flowers and fruits,” says the leader of the CSIRO Plant Industry research team, Dr Mandy Walker. |
18 April 2007 |
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CSIRO researchers will tomorrow demonstrate the fastest and most efficient wireless link ever achieved. The CSIRO ICT Centre today announced that it has achieved over six gigabits per second over a point to point wireless connection with the highest efficiency (2.4bits/s/Hz) ever achieved for such a system. |
17 April 2007 |
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CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong will spend $8.5 million provided as part of the Federal Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy to enable external researchers to access the world-class facility. |
16 April 2007 |
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The discovery of a DNA marker for two key rust resistance genes is enabling plant breeders around the world to breed more effective rust resistant wheat varieties.
The genes, Lr34 and Yr18 are inherited together and provide wheat plants with improved protection against leaf rust and stripe rust, two major diseases of wheat in Australia and worldwide. |
15 April 2007 |
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Elevated particle emissions resulting from increased economic activity in Asia may have increased Australia’s tropical rainfall, according to new research on the way pollution influences our climate. |
14 April 2007 |
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Transforming products from agricultural and food processing streams into health-enhancing ingredients for use in a variety of foods and nutraceuticals is the aim of a new $7 million Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster involving CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship, Monash University and the University of Melbourne. |
13 April 2007 |
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Dr Anthony J. Naldrett, the world’s foremost authority on the geology and origin of nickel-copper-platinum group element deposits, has described a new volume edited by CSIRO’s Dr Stephen Barnes in glowing terms. |
12 April 2007 |
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CSIRO welcomes the recommendations of a review of the state of the mathematical sciences in Australia which was released yesterday by a committee of the Australian Academy of Science. |
11 April 2007 |
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CSIRO has announced the signing of a licensing agreement with Melbourne based bio-technology medical device company, HD Medical Group Limited, for commercial application of its non-contact sensor technology. |
10 April 2007 |
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Scientists from Ensis are undertaking a project in Thailand to help reforest the small island of Pra Thong, which bore the brunt of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004.
The 75 square kilometre island, lying off Thailand’s south west coast in the Andaman Sea, lost 200 of its population of 1500 people and three of its four villages. As the giant wave swept inland, it also took with it acres of natural forest and cash crops such as cashew nut trees. |
09 April 2007 |
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A new design software tool, Energy Express is expected to mark a turning point in the way energy-efficient commercial buildings are designed in Australia and overseas |
22 October 2006 |
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Australian scientists have developed a breakthrough low-cost, lightweight, concrete technology that is set to lower costs and speed up construction projects from residential homes to high-rise buildings. |
22 October 2006 |
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CSIRO marine scientists have developed a technique that gives new hope in the battle to stop the spread of aquatic pests. |
22 October 2006 |
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A team of CSIRO Livestock Industries researchers are helping to make pigs healthier and happier, while fattening the bottom line. Dr David Strom leads a team at CSIRO Livestock Industries' Australian Animal Health Laboratory, detecting and modulating immune responses in pigs. |
22 October 2006 |
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Scientists from eight developing countries, the US, Europe, Japan and New Zealand will attend a workshop in Brisbane next week to learn new techniques designed to improve the productivity of ruminant livestock animals while reducing their emissions of a major 'greenhouse' gas, methane. |
21 October 2006 |
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The secret of flowering in our major food crops like wheat has been revealed with the discovery by CSIRO Plant Industry of a gene that triggers flowering in cereals.
'Important cereal crops like wheat and barley rely on the gene we found, WAP1, to initiate flowering,' says Dr Ben Trevaskis, CSIRO Plant Industry. |
21 October 2006 |
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A breakthrough in polymer development means that soon there may be a radical new treatment for people with broken bones, a special kind of material that can 'glue' the bone back together and support it while it heals. |
21 October 2006 |
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Leading-edge technology is being used by two CSIRO Livestock Industries' research teams to identify genes that enable sheep to resist intestinal parasites.
The discovery of such genes could lead to new products, control strategies, and markers to identify superior animals in selective breeding programs, which will substantially improve the overall health and welfare of the national flock. |
21 October 2006 |
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Scientists using CSIRO's Australia Telescope near Narrabri in northern NSW have made a discovery that they hope will increase our understanding of a fundamental cosmic process. |
20 October 2006 |
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A major cause of patient pain and suffering and additional healthcare costs in hospitals and aged care facilities, pressure ulcers (bed sores), can be more than halved by using a simple but effective bedding overlay product developed by CSIRO. |
20 October 2006 |
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CSIRO scientists have discovered a new process which could soon lead to the production of aluminium cars and planes that get stronger the longer they are left to 'bake' in the sun. |
20 October 2006 |
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A plant toxins expert from Iran is assisting CSIRO Livestock Industries' scientists in their search for the cause of a liver disease afflicting dairy cattle in southern Australia. |
20 October 2006 |
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CSIRO through Graingene, is breeding new 'high-vigour' wheats so fast-growing they can out-compete weeds while maintaining high yields. Weeds cost Australian farmers over $4 billion annually in chemical and mechanical control and yield losses. |
19 October 2006 |
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CSIRO statisticians have developed a new way to subtype paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, the most common form of cancer in children under 12.
CSIRO's new molecular classifier is being validated on clinical samples by the Children's Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research. |
19 October 2006 |
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New technology developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries will lead to the development of new strategies designed to substantially reduce the $140 million lost each year due to Australian dairy cows contracting udder infections. |
19 October 2006 |
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A system designed to optimise fertilising strategies for radiata pine plantations in the Green Triangle (SE South Australia and SW Victoria) is being jointly developed by CSIRO, the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation and key softwood growers in the region. |
19 October 2006 |
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Research into the reasons for the recent world-wide spread of the devastating animal disease, bluetongue, could have major implications for the long-term future of Australia's sheep industry. |
18 October 2006 |
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Australian researchers who have worked quietly over several years in a long ignored area of metallurgy have been rewarded with a startling discovery, which is set to reshape the way metals are manufactured around the world.
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18 October 2006 |
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Scientific studies of a unique Australian frog could lead to the development of new ways to improve livestock production levels and boost the prospects of maintaining human muscle strength into old age. |
18 October 2006 |
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The discovery of a new gene marker for marbling of beef will help cattle producers more accurately predict the genetic potential of their animals to produce better tasting, more valuable, beef. |
18 October 2006 |
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Scientists and fishers will use deep ocean acoustic remote sensing techniques developed by CSIRO to help give long-term sustainability to the largest fishery in Australia's south-east. |
17 October 2006 |
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New research into the molecular events that underlie wool development could improve wool production and profits, according to CSIRO Livestock Industries scientist, Dr Graham Cam. |
17 October 2006 |
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CSIRO research has found unusual properties in ilmenite sand from the Murray Basin that could be harnessed to remove heavy metal and radioactive pollution from mine drainage, industrial waste streams, and ground water. |
17 October 2006 |
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Drugs based on CSIRO's research into the influenza virus have been shown to be effective, in laboratory tests, against a sample of an H5N1 influenza virus currently infecting chickens in Asia. |
17 October 2006 |
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A contract for the construction and supply of cutting edge neutron scanning technology was today signed by the CEOs of Customs and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. |
16 October 2006 |
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In a world first CSIRO Plant Industry has discovered a gene that is the 'Achilles heel' of rust, a common disease of plants, which could save millions in breeding rust resistant plants and avert losses in food production. |
16 October 2006 |
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Salinity and meat researchers in Western Australia have identified a major nutritional benefit for sheep grazed on saltbush, a plant which is being used extensively to reduce dryland salinity levels. |
16 October 2006 |
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A five-nation oceanographic team is taking the first steps in a $3.6 million project studying the major flow of ocean currents between Asia and Australia and how they influence rainfall across Southern Australia and Indonesia. |
16 October 2006 |
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A vaccine for a major bacterial cattle disease, bovine respiratory disease, which currently costs the Australian feedlot industry around $60m a year, is now available in Australia. |
15 October 2006 |
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CSIRO and the global industrial gas company the BOC Group have signed a deal to deliver to the international market a new environmentally-safe fumigant for treating soil, insect pests, weeds and diseases. |
15 October 2006 |
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A CSIRO scientist is a step closer to solving the mystery of how insect pests survive in low oxygen environments such as grain silos and how to reduce multi-million dollar reliance on toxic fumigants to kills such pests. |
15 October 2006 |
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If you are trying to do your bit for sustainability and save water by taking shorter showers, then a new report on sustainability reveals for the first time that there are more effective ways that our everyday choices can have a positive impact on the environment. |
15 October 2006 |
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Patients could soon have the results of blood tests available before they have finished their initial medical consultation thanks to new ways of mixing a single drop of blood. |
14 October 2006 |
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Potential new drugs for neurological disorders, like Parkinson’s are being screened faster thanks to software developed by CSIRO that automatically assesses a drug’s effect on nerve cells. |
14 October 2006 |
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A handful of genes in a morphine free poppy could hold the key to producing improved pain management pharmaceuticals. Norman, the 'no-morphine' poppy, is superior to morphine producing poppies as it produces thebaine and oripavine, compounds preferred by industry in the manufacture of alternative high value pain-killers. |
14 October 2006 |
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CSIRO researchers are investigating whether an ancient arm of the immune system can be used to control livestock animal diseases. CSIRO Livestock Industries' scientist Dr Tim Doran says a biological phenomenon called RNA interference has huge potential to control, and possibly eliminate, a number of major animal diseases. |
14 October 2006 |
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CSIRO researchers are using a biological phenomenon called RNA interference in an effort to develop a major biotechnological breakthrough for the aquaculture industry, vaccines for common prawn diseases. |
14 October 2006 |
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In a world's first, scientists from CSIRO Plant Industry and Japan's Okayama University have isolated an aluminium tolerance gene from wheat which will accelerate the development of crops that can help battle Australia's $1 billion soil acidity problem. |
13 October 2006 |
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A multidisciplinary CSIRO team investigating uses of biomass in the steel industry has demonstrated that using char produced from trees instead of coke to fuel iron ore sintering significantly improves productivity and environmental performance. |
13 October 2006 |
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CSIRO is undertaking a research project to investigate the impact of certain nutrients on attention and learning/behavioural problems that may be related to children's ability to concentrate. |
13 October 2006 |
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Advances in the detection of individual molecules that make up potentially hazardous compounds are leading scientists to develop new border security screening tools. |
13 October 2006 |
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Soon, planners, designers and builders will be able to work together using the same 'virtual environment'. Planners, designers and builders will soon be able to work together using the same 'virtual environment' in which internet gamers compete against each other in cyberspace. |
12 October 2006 |
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CSIRO will work with Holden developing energy management control systems which integrate supercapacitors and advanced batteries for the next generation of hybrid powered vehicles. |
12 October 2006 |
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New research has shown that genetically modified subterranean clover is unlikely to be more of a weed threat than conventional subterranean clover. |
12 October 2006 |
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The climate of 2040 is likely to bring more intense and more frequent extreme rainfall events to coastal eastern Australia, according to a CSIRO climate expert.
While climatologists have suggested for some time that climate change would lead to more intense rainfall globally, results from a computer model focussing on regional Australia suggest small areas receive much more extreme rainfall. |
12 October 2006 |
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The historic announcement of a new seafloor minerals initiative by Mining Company Placer Dome after it reached an agreement with Nautilus Minerals on its PNG tenements, is the next logical step in a chain of events that began with a mammoth research effort over almost 20 years by CSIRO Exploration & Mining. |
11 October 2006 |
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CSIRO Livestock Industries and Department of Agriculture researchers are using new technologies to help control and improve monitoring of the plant-associated disease, annual ryegrass toxicity. |
11 October 2006 |
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CSIRO Livestock Industries and Department of Agriculture researchers are using new technologies to help control and improve monitoring of the plant-associated disease, annual ryegrass toxicity. |
11 October 2006 |
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Research by CSIRO Livestock Industries is moving closer to identifying plants which can be more successfully grown as feed for livestock in salt-affected areas. |
11 October 2006 |
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A study team lead by Dr Dominic Ferretti has a new insight on the effects of methane levels in the atmosphere. Following an international study into how methane levels in the atmosphere have evolved during the past 2000 years, atmospheric scientists have a new insight on methane, one of the world’s most influential greenhouse gases. |
11 October 2006 |
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Invented by a team of scientists from CSIRO’s Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology is the Project management software that learns from previous projects.
Project management software that learns from previous project successes and failures has been invented by a team of scientists from CSIRO’s Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology. |
10 October 2006 |
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A team of CSIRO scientists has determined the molecular structure of the insulin receptor, the protein on the surface of cells that mediates the effects of insulin. This advance builds on many years of international research to understand how insulin functions in the body. |
10 October 2006 |
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The latest research into ‘precision animal farming’ in the UK and how it could be applied in Australia will be featured at the Horizons in Livestock Research Conference at the Gold Coast International Hotel from 8-11 October. |
10 October 2006 |
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Australian cattle farmers are now better equipped to produce the perfect steak every time with the identification and commercialisation of a new gene marker test for beef marbling. |
10 October 2006 |
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CSIRO’s Hybrid Modular Processor System technology has just been adopted into a new breed of camera systems for the New South Wales Roads and Traffic Authority. |
09 October 2006 |
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Just when you thought it was safe to leave your can of soft drink uncovered, CSIRO and the ACT Department of Urban Services are warning that European wasps are still very active in the local area. |
09 October 2006 |
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A workshop on new methods of detecting and controlling the spread of one of the world's most deadly frog diseases, chytridiomycosis. CSIRO Livestock Industries' Dr Alex Hyatt says the disease, caused by the chytrid fungus, has been associated with frog declines in eastern Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela and Spain. |
09 October 2006 |
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Astronomers have used a pair of pulsars orbiting each other, found with CSIRO’s Parkes telescope in 2003, to show that Einstein’s theory of general relativity is correct to within 0.05%, the most stringent limit to date. |
09 October 2006 |
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CSIRO stands by the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet which is based on a number of scientific trials, and is scientifically proven, the Group Executive of Agribusiness and Health, Dr Alastair Robertson said today. |
08 October 2006 |
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CSIRO has developed unique privacy software to allow health data collections to be used to improve the health of Australian people. |
08 October 2006 |
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Too much of our precious drinking water is still being used to water Perth gardens, according to CSIRO’s Dr Tony Smith. Dr Smith will present results from a study of Perth’s groundwater levels at a public seminar today at CSIRO’s Floreat Laboratories in Perth. |
08 October 2006 |
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CSIRO's part in a collaborative project which has produced the world's first domestically-bred crop of tiger prawns is almost certain to lead to major improvements in the quality and consistency of the Australian product. |
08 October 2006 |
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Collaboration between Flinders University and CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory has delivered the world’s first continuous southern bluefin tuna cell lines. |
07 October 2006 |
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New CSIRO research is employing modern genetics to help transform the Australian merino into a sheep that can produce lean, fast growing lambs as well as its traditional, high-value fleece. |
07 October 2006 |
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A prototype vaccine designed to significantly increase wool production is being researched by CSIRO for testing on Australian sheep flocks. |
07 October 2006 |
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Ensis has developed a software model called CABALA that will help managers make better plantation management decisions. Ensis, the joint venture between CSIRO and Scion, has developed a software model called CABALA that will help managers make better plantation management decisions. |
07 October 2006 |
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According to CSIRO’s Chief of Energy Technology, Dr David Brockway, a variety of technological advances being developed by CSIRO can dramatically reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. |
06 October 2006 |
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Joanne Vanderzalm from CSIRO Land and Water will be leading a new study on the effects of stormwater disposal and the quality of the water when it reaches Blue Lake, Mt Gambier. |
06 October 2006 |
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Australian researchers have taken X-ray technology to a new level, developing and using high-powered microscopes to see inside objects and capture high-resolution images of their subsurface structures. |
06 October 2006 |
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Sensors that have been designed to indicate environment impacts that lead to corrosion. Tiny and often tucked away in hard-to-reach nooks and crannies, a novel array of sensors is poised to change the costly and resource-intensive process of fighting corrosion in industries such as aerospace, shipping, mining, oil and gas. |
06 October 2006 |
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Advances by CSIRO in material sciences are creating ‘next to skin’ technology that can protect the body against skin tear wounds and traumas. By incorporating so-called ‘smart textiles’, next to skin technology is an emerging biomedical field with applications in medicine, sport, occupational safety, military and emergency services. |
05 October 2006 |
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The Kirk Group and researchers at CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology believe a clever coating system that uses a ‘Cold Spray’ to apply coatings can revolutionize manufacturing of printing rollers. |
05 October 2006 |
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The world’s most fashion conscious men and women may one day be wearing merino wool bred specifically for its ability to make haute couture (high fashion) clothing. |
05 October 2006 |
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To improve land management and ensure long-term sustainability, state-of-the-art satellite technology is about to help. State-of-the-art satellite technology is about to help northern beef producers improve land management and ensure long-term sustainability by better understanding the grazing behaviour of their cattle. |
05 October 2006 |
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Researchers from CSIRO have joined with some of the world’s top scientists to provide an overview of nutrigenomics. |
04 October 2006 |
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A paper co-authored by CSIRO’s Professor Klaus Regenauer-Lieb and published in Nature today reveals new information on the strength of continents and how they can split apart. |
04 October 2006 |
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Cleaning the inside of giant storage tanks at refineries and bulk chemical storage facilities is set to get a whole lot easier, safer and cheaper, with the development of an innovative jet cleaning device. |
04 October 2006 |
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Invented by CSIRO Light Metals Flagship researchers, high-pressure die–cast parts made of aluminium are now able to have their strength doubled through a novel heat treatment process. |
04 October 2006 |
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National and international solar thermal energy researchers now have a unique research facility available to them. The $5.3 million National Solar Energy Centre will be opened today by the Australian Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell. |
03 October 2006 |
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CSIRO has announced that it will work with Queensland specialist pipe manufacturer, AC Whalan, to develop a new fibreglass pressure piping system to be used in the mining industry. |
03 October 2006 |
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The latest research into the health benefits associated with diet, exercise and personal attitude will be presented at this week’s 39th Annual Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Convention in Adelaide. |
03 October 2006 |
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A new laser welding technique is repairing power station turbine rotor blades in minutes, rather than days, through advances in the way repair metals fuse together. |
03 October 2006 |
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According to leading CSIRO virologist, Dr Bryan Eaton, learning more about the world’s only flying mammal, the bat, will help protect humans and animals against a range of deadly diseases. |
02 October 2006 |
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The Wealth from Oceans Flagship has been established to provide Australia with the capacity to realise the potential economic and environmental benefits to be gained from its oceans, the Flagship’s Director, Craig Roy, said in Cairns today. |
02 October 2006 |
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New research by CSIRO and Monash University has examined a series of scenarios for how Australian cities could cope with the likely rise in demand for water. Australia now has a new capacity to understand the macroeconomic implications of Australia’s water resource challenges. |
02 October 2006 |
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Technology used in the nuclear power and aerospace industries will help enhance timber quality control. A world-first application of aerospace technology to enhance timber quality control has been instigated through a joint research venture between: |
02 October 2006 |
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CSIRO today launched a national research partnership aimed at positioning Australia as a technology leader in designing lighter car components, a key to making cars more fuel-efficient. |
01 October 2006 |
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Urban floods caused by burst water mains may be a thing of the past thanks to a new model for predicting the lifespan of underground pipes. CSIRO researchers have developed a predictive model for estimating likely failures in underground pipeline networks made from a range of materials. |
01 October 2006 |
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Research into finding the links between the genetic make-up of bulls and the fertility of their female progeny could be worth millions of dollars to Australian beef producers. |
30 September 2006 |
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Work by CSIRO Livestock Industries researcher, Kerri Tyrrell, which validates a new method of controlling a major parasite in Australian sheep, is being presented to the International Controlled Release Society conference in Vienna this week. |
29 September 2006 |
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Bacteria play an important role in the formation of gold nuggets in Australia according to new research published this month in the international journal, Science today. |
29 September 2006 |
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Astronomers using CSIRO's Parkes telescope in eastern Australia have detected radio “heartbeats” from a star that was not expected to have them. A US-Australian research team found that a “magnetar” a kind of star with the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe, is giving off extraordinary radio pulses, which links this rare type of star with the much more common “radio pulsars”. |
29 September 2006 |
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Work by CSIRO Livestock Industries researcher, Kerri Tyrrell, which validates a new method of controlling a major parasite in Australian sheep, is being presented to the International Controlled Release Society conference in Vienna this week. Ms Tyrrell successfully combined two chemicals in a unique way to produce a single controlled-release formulation for effective long-term protection against the damaging intestinal worm, Haemonchus contortus. |
29 September 2006 |
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according to new research published this month in the international journal, Science today. The paper highlights the findings of a Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration project by CSIRO researcher, Dr Frank Reith. |
29 September 2006 |
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Astronomers using CSIRO's Parkes telescope in eastern Australia have detected radio “heartbeats” from a star that was not expected to have them. A US-Australian research team found that a “magnetar”, a kind of star with the strongest magnetic fields known in the Universe, is giving off extraordinary radio pulses, which links this rare type of star with the much more common “radio pulsars”. |
29 September 2006 |
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One of Australia’s most significant wetlands, the Coorong, at the mouth of the River Murray, is the focus of a new multi–million dollar research partnership that aims to improve the ecological health of the region and protect threatened birds and fish. |
28 September 2006 |
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In a joint application to the British Medical Research Council, Dr Jennifer McKimm-Breschkin of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies and Dr Andrew Watts of the University of Bath will share equally in a £408,000 (A$ 1M) grant over three years to tackle pandemic flu. Dr McKimm-Breschkin is an expert in testing inhibitors of flu and evaluating drug resistance. Dr Watts brings his medicinal chemistry expertise to the collaboration and will work on the design of new drug molecules. |
28 September 2006 |
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One of Australia’s most significant wetlands, the Coorong, at the mouth of the River Murray, is the focus of a new multi–million dollar research partnership that aims to improve the ecological health of the region and protect threatened birds and fish. |
28 September 2006 |
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In a joint application to the British Medical Research Council, Dr Jennifer McKimm-Breschkin of CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies and Dr Andrew Watts of the University of Bath will share equally in a £408,000 (A$ 1M) grant over three years to tackle pandemic flu. Dr McKimm-Breschkin is an expert in testing inhibitors of flu and evaluating drug resistance. Dr Watts brings his medicinal chemistry expertise to the collaboration and will work on the design of new drug molecules. |
28 September 2006 |
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A polymer that transforms into a fireproof ceramic in a blaze is set to have a major impact on the $12 billion global passive fire-protection market, and stands to save many lives. |
27 September 2006 |
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A polymer that transforms into a fireproof ceramic in a blaze is set to have a major impact on the $12 billion global passive fire-protection market, and stands to save many lives. Fire accidents cause over 70,000 deaths and $115 billion worth of property damage a year worldwide. The ceramifying polymers have been developed by CSIRO and the CRC for Polymers, and are being commercialised by CRC spin-off company Ceram Polymerik. |
27 September 2006 |
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The three signatories were the Japan Coal Energy Centre; Australian Coal Research Ltd, a company established by the Australian coal industry to manage the activities of the Australian Coal Association Research Program; and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. |
27 September 2006 |
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The three signatories were the Japan Coal Energy Centre; Australian Coal Research Ltd, a company established by the Australian coal industry to manage the activities of the Australian Coal Association Research Program; and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. |
27 September 2006 |
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Project leader Dr Mark Crane says the virus, which first emerged in Israel in 1998, caused mass mortalities in carp in the US, the UK, Israel, the Netherlands, Japan and Indonesia. So far the virus does not appear to have reached Australia. |
26 September 2006 |
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The result of a major research initiative between the CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship, and Geoscience Australia, together with CSIRO Exploration and Mining and the State and Territory Geological Surveys, the map was launched today by the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop. |
26 September 2006 |
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Project leader Dr Mark Crane says the virus, which first emerged in Israel in 1998, caused mass mortalities in carp in the US, the UK, Israel, the Netherlands, Japan and Indonesia. So far the virus does not appear to have reached Australia. |
26 September 2006 |
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The world’s first map to show a comprehensive summary of known offshore mineral occurrences has been released for Australia’s vast marine jurisdiction.
The map shows the known seafloor locations of minerals, such as copper, gold, silver and diamond, compiled from survey information gathered over many decades. |
26 September 2006 |
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The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled. |
25 September 2006 |
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The project will be launched at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific Conference. It will bring together scientists from CSIRO, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and is sponsored by Rio Tinto, the International Copper Association and the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association. |
25 September 2006 |
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The ability of scientists to improve health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products has received a major boost with the release this week of the most complete sequence of the cow genome ever assembled. |
25 September 2006 |
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The project will be launched at the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Asia/Pacific Conference. It will bring together scientists from CSIRO, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and is sponsored by Rio Tinto, the International Copper Association and the Nickel Producers Environmental Research Association. |
25 September 2006 |
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Technologies used to spin wool have been adapted to produce yarns made solely from carbon nanotubes (CNTs). |
18 November 2004 |
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A new design software tool, Energy Express is expected to mark a turning point in the way energy-efficient commercial buildings are designed in Australia and overseas. |
14 May 2004 |
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An international team of scientists working in the UK, Australia, Italy and the USA has made an astronomical discovery that has major implications for testing Einstein's general theory of relativity. |
14 January 2004 |
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Australian scientists have invented a simple device that is ready to help thousands of premature babies in third-world countries who suffer from respiratory difficulties, problems that can cause brain damage and blindness. |
22 December 2003 |
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Australian scientists have developed a 'brain', which enables the production of a world-first low-cost, intelligent small helicopter, set to end many difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by humans. |
17 December 2003 |
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CSIRO Plant Industry has developed a simple high-throughput testing system that accurately identifies wheat and barley varieties. 'Accurate identification of wheat and barley varieties provides assurance of quality for products that require different grain characteristics, like bread, noodles and beer,' says Dr Kevin Gale, CSIRO Plant Industry. |
11 December 2003 |
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Researchers are attempting to perfect photosynthesis, a process pioneered by plants and bacteria, in an ambitious scheme to generate new foods, fabrics and even electricity, sustainably. |
09 December 2003 |
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A discovery made with CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia may have brought forward the day when astronomers will directly detect cosmic gravity waves for the first time. |
05 December 2003 |
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A team of environmental detectives using catchment-scale forensics has found that coastal bays muddied by land clearing and farming can be restored to health by controlling soil erosion. |
25 November 2003 |
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Australia's breakthrough low-cost, thin magnesium sheet technology will be made fully production-ready during the next twelve months. This follows the successful development by Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation of an industrial-scale pilot plant now producing near-net-shape, or close to production thickness, low-cost magnesium sheet. |
25 November 2003 |
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A new way of demonstrating the potential applications of nanotechnology is being unveiled today in Cairns at the 'Oz Nano 03' Nanotechnology conference.
Nanotechnology is the design, fabrication, and characterisation of functional objects having dimensions at the nanometer (one billionth of a metre) length scale. |
19 November 2003 |
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Revolutionary Cold Spray technology, described as the next milestone for the thermal spray industry, has been unveiled to Australian industry for the first time.
At a recent demonstration day funded by the Victorian State Government under its Agenda for New Manufacturing more than 100 organisations saw first hand the advantages of the Cold Spray system, which eliminates the detrimental effects of high temperature on coatings and substrates experienced with thermal spray techniques. |
03 November 2003 |
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In one of the largest research projects of its type leading Australian scientists will concentrate on the nation's future energy requirements which could lead to Australia developing one of the world's first hydrogen economies. |
31 October 2003 |
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Australian farmers are trialling a satellite-based pasture monitoring system which dramatically improves their ability to make informed farm management decisions.
Utilising the MODIS sensor in the Terra satellite, Australia's 'Pastures From Space' consortium can now deliver much more detailed data relating to pasture growth rates, says CSIRO Livestock Industries' Mr Gonzalo Mata. |
28 October 2003 |
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New acoustical provisions for the Building Code of Australia, which the Australian Building Codes Board is working towards being incorporated into the BCA next year, will have a wide impact across the building and construction and building materials industries.
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27 October 2003 |
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Ten years of research is finally slowing the advance of bridal creeper, one of Australia's worst imported weeds. Researchers have released three biological control agents from South Africa, the original home of the weed. |
13 October 2003 |
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CSIRO Livestock Industries has launched an interactive database which enables researchers to dramatically reduce the time and other resources it will take to unravel the mysteries of the bovine genome. |
25 September 2003 |
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CSIRO studies into new technologies to speed up diagnosis of animal diseases will begin soon, following tonight's presentation of the 2003 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. |
19 September 2003 |
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CSIRO has developed an Internet-based simulation tool that predicts the motion of particles inside grinding mills, providing insight into the way mills work and enabling huge energy savings from smarter, more energy efficient design. |
16 September 2003 |
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CSIRO Plant Industry has released a computer program designed to assist wheat growers in south-eastern Australia to more effectively manage their use of expensive nitrogen fertilisers. |
11 September 2003 |
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Australian scientists have produced a new high-speed welding technology that slashes hours from traditional joining of corrosion-resistant metals. |
27 August 2003 |
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A new technique, applied to oil exploration for the first time, has the potential to save exploration companies millions of dollars in wasted effort. The approach uses, a highly sensitive method of determining the thermal history of the rocks in the Earth's crust, from which oil is generated. Petroleum companies need thermal history information to assess the most likely prospects to drill, or perhaps more realistically, where not to drill. |
14 July 2003 |
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A new rapid core logging system for mapping selected minerals in drill cores, and which has the potential to save the mining industry millions of dollars, was put through its paces in Brisbane today, July 2, 2003. |
02 July 2003 |
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CSIRO scientists are turning the spotlight on the impact of diet on brain development in children in an ambitious study, the first of its kind in Australia. In the study announced today, a research team at CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition will chart developments in the cognitive performance of a group of 7-9 year old South Australian children over a 12 month period. |
02 July 2003 |
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New technology to take the guesswork out of measuring the volume of Haul-Truck loads will undergo commercialisation on a trial basis following an agreement between CSIRO and the Queensland based weighing machine supplier, Transcale Pty Ltd. |
01 July 2003 |
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Australia stands to reap the benefits of a significant breakthrough in coalbed methane research by CSIRO and Sydney Gas Ltd, enhancing the potential for CBM to become a major natural gas resource for Australia. |
27 June 2003 |
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A new invention by Australian scientists to revolutionise particle classification for everything from mining to recycling will now be scaled up into a continuous system, following agreement to commercialise the technology. |
17 April 2003 |
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CSIRO scientists have developed a powerful software modelling tool, MolSAR , which has the potential to reduce drug development costs by up to $50 million per drug. |
26 March 2003 |
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Scientists have developed powerful statistical methods that may lead to improved diagnosis and ultimately, better treatment of cancers. CSIRO Bioinformatics, a spin-off company from CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences, will highlight this alongside other CSIRO technology at the Commercialisation Forum & Fair of Ideas on 26th -28th March at Darling Harbour, Sydney. |
25 March 2003 |
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Vin life, a natural antioxidant, grapeseed extract and functional food ingredient developed by the Barossa-based Tarac Technologies, was recently found by the CSIRO to have a positive benefit for aspects of heart health when incorporated in food. |
19 March 2003 |
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Collaborators in the Melbourne-based Cooperative Research Centre for Cellular Growth Factors have made a significant discovery concerning a mechanism that controls the spread of cancer cells. |
28 February 2003 |
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A landmark discovery could lead to a host of new drugs that may contribute to 'switching-off' diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, and boost the immune system. |
28 January 2003 |
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The sex pheromones of the diamondback moth and a fungus may save Australia millions of dollars. The diamondback moth is a serious threat to vegetable production, especially Brassicas such as cabbages, cauliflowers and other related greens. |
19 December 2002 |
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A new generation 'natural' treatment to protect chickens against infection could soon phase out the use of antibiotics in the poultry industry which is good news for consumers concerned about their use. |
06 December 2002 |
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A nuclear probe developed by CSIRO for minerals exploration and mining may soon be used to combat some of the world's biggest environmental problems. Overseas the probe could help prevent acid rain, one of the most pressing environmental problems in the northern hemisphere. |
21 November 2002 |
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An example of the potential a new low-cost Australian composite manufacturing process has to revolutionise the world automobile industry is on display at the Sydney International Motor Show (17-27 October). |
24 October 2002 |
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A new variety of high-grade wheat capable of increasing grain yields in drought-affected areas by up to 10 per cent was released at the Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute today. |
22 October 2002 |
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CSIRO scientists have combined solar energy and natural gas in a novel process capable of producing large-scale energy to power Australia's future industrial and domestic needs. |
21 October 2002 |
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CSIRO's Chief Executive Officer, Dr Geoff Garrett, launched a new Temperate Livestock Systems Program today (1 October) in Armidale. At the opening of the CSIRO's upgraded rural research laboratory, the F D McMaster Laboratory, Chiswick, Dr Garrett said the new program would be of vital importance to the future of grazing in Australia. |
01 October 2002 |
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A CSIRO study of the 'disease-alarm' function of farm animals' immune systems will begin next year following the presentation of an AFFA Science and Innovation Award for Young People to Dr Aaron Ingham of CSIRO Livestock Industries, Geelong. |
22 August 2002 |
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New technology for generating power from coal mining waste was launched by the Federal Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, the Hon. Ian Macfarlane, at CSIRO in Brisbane today. |
08 August 2002 |
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A team of CSIRO Plant Industry scientists has isolated the gene that produces the shorter, more productive, varieties of rice that led the 'green revolution' in the 1960s. |
23 July 2002 |
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CSIRO Entomology today announced the establishment of a company dedicated to producing a wide range of therapeutic drugs from a virtually untapped source, insects. |
22 July 2002 |
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Metals can help in achieving globally sustainable development, two leading Australian researchers claimed today. Metals are not biodegradable, have a virtually unlimited lifespan, and can be recycled almost without limit, CSIRO's Dr John Rankin and Dr Terry Norgate told the Green Processing 2002 Conference in Cairns today. |
29 May 2002 |
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Research vehicles in remote outback areas can be tracked on the Internet, using new Vehicle Tracking Equipment. 'Last year, CSIRO marine biologists used satellite technology to track the movements of Neale, a 2.4 metre white shark, off south-eastern Australia,' says Mel Lintern of CSIRO Exploration and Mining. |
03 May 2002 |
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CSIRO technology is at the heart of a new database that will enable researchers to better manage damaging exotic and local plant pests. CSIRO's Internet Marketplaces technology has been used to integrate a collection of plant pest records from databases across Australia, providing comprehensive query access to these records via the Internet. |
29 April 2002 |
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The fight against pest animals has taken another step forward with the expansion of a company bringing new biological technologies to market. Pestat Pty Ltd, set up by the Co-operative Research Centre for the Biological Control of Pest Animals, will take the scientific results from the CRC's research programs and make commercial products out of them. |
08 April 2002 |
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Australian scientists have developed what is believed to be the world's first automatic system for mapping the minerals in drill cores, with potential to save the mining industry millions of dollars. |
20 March 2002 |
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Great graphics for electronic books, interactive electronic street directories for tourists, and a new way to deliver detailed engineering drawings in the field are just three applications that are now a step closer to the market place. |
28 February 2002 |
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Car seats that wake up drowsy drivers, bed sheets that monitor your health, socks that let you know when you are about to do a tendon, vests that trigger an emergency beacon if you are dying of exposure, that's what an eclectic mix of researchers spent last Friday discussing as part of an Electronic Textiles workshop in Geelong. |
18 February 2002 |
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Exploration efforts by InterOil have revealed what is believed to be a significant new petroleum system in the Eastern Papuan Basin of Papua New Guinea. CSIRO researchers looking at well and surface samples have identified some of the important elements of a 'petroleum system' in the Aure Scarp region under investigation. |
12 February 2002 |
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Research by CSIRO has found high levels of air toxic emissions in new motor vehicles for up to six months and longer after they leave the showroom. Dr Steve Brown, head of CSIRO's Air Quality Control research says, 'Just as air inside our homes and workplaces is often much more polluted than the air outside, so sitting in a new car can expose you to levels of toxic emissions many times beyond goals established by Australia's National Health & Medical Research Council'. |
19 December 2001 |
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A research team from CSIRO Minerals is developing a novel 3D imaging camera as part a worldwide push for faster and safer ways to clear land mines. The United Nations estimates that 26,000 people are killed or maimed each year by land mines. Of these, 80 per cent are civilians, especially women, children and farmers in developing countries. |
19 December 2001 |
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CSIRO scientists have developed a new tool to help Australian and international oil companies drill more stable petroleum wells, and cut the cost blowouts associated with collapsing wellbores. |
17 December 2001 |
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New research is aiming to bring fresher-tasting, additive-free orange juice with a long refrigerated shelf-life to Australian tables. Food Science Australia, in partnership with US-based Flow International Corporation, is researching the use of high pressure processing to kill the food spoilage microbes such as yeast, bacteria and mould that cause off-flavours in aging orange juice. |
04 December 2001 |
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A new invention by Australian scientists is poised to revolutionise the use of separator screens used in a large number of industrial applications, from recycling to mining. |
13 November 2001 |
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A screening device for cervical cancer and pre-cancer, developed by Australian company Polartechnics in collaboration with CSIRO, has entered final clinical trials for regulatory approval for use in Europe. |
09 October 2001 |
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CSIRO scientists are developing a new breed of fast sensors for use in the online analysis and identification of mineral ores. Sorting ore particles before processing can cut downstream costs, limit environmental harm by reducing mine wastes and improve ore quality and mineral recovery. |
11 August 2001 |
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Paper makers, the steel and aluminum and food packaging industries may benefit from a new instrument that can measure the thickness of a fine coating as it is being applied. |
25 April 2001 |
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A new machine is helping to solve a major problem for manufacturers of tubes and pipes, checking that the pipe walls are of uniform thickness. According to CSIRO researcher Dr Ken Hews-Taylor, the Tube Eccentricity Measurement System will save tube manufacturers a lot of money, in the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. |
25 April 2001 |
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CSIRO scientists are researching an important new weapon in the war against heart disease, plant sterols. Plant sterols are natural ingredients in the cell walls of many everyday foods including nuts, seeds and vegetables, but at quite low levels according to CSIRO scientist Dr Peter Clifton. |
17 April 2001 |
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Australia's leading science and technology organisation has produced a secret marketing weapon for Ford's new grunt car, the super-charged V8 Falcon 300+ Super Coupe unveiled for the first time at the Melbourne Motor Show today. |
01 March 2001 |
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A new technique for testing the condition of rubber products could lead to cost and time savings for industry and improve safety, by making it easier to check the likely performance life of parts in service. |
13 February 2001 |
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A new preservative treatment method that uses supercritical carbon dioxide to carry preservatives into wood is being developed at CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products. |
08 January 2001 |
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Australian scientists have produced a revolutionary new mixer that is five times more energy efficient than traditional industrial mixing for everything from explosives to cosmetics. |
18 December 2000 |
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New research by CSIRO is exploring the safety of genetically modified crops once they are released commercially into the environment, a National Science Briefing was told in Parliament House Canberra today. |
07 December 2000 |
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