‘Magic crystals’ to enable our electric car future
Australian invention promises massive boost to lithium production CSIRO and Monash University’s Matthew Hill received the Solomon Award for developing
Media releases, Other
Fresh Science
Six-legged miners strike gold
Termites and ants are stockpiling gold in their mounds, new CSIRO research has found. Australia’s smallest and most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold deposits are. Insects can carry gold from underground up into their mounds. Dr Aaron Stewart and his CSIRO colleagues have shown that they also accumulate metals in their […]
Australian National Fabrication Facility, Media releases
Can Australian researchers help maintain the technological superiority of the US Air Force?
And what are the benefits for Australian research? Today in Washington DC, the Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley will open a
Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2011
Changing the world one molecule at a time: 2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
Ezio Rizzardo and David Solomon In the coming years when you buy a tyre, lubricant, adhesive, paint, computer or any
Botanical Congress, Media releases
War on Willows
Posted on behalf of CSIRO, Ref 11/82 Willows are major environmental weeds of riverbank habitats across much of south-eastern Australia. They
Earth Science (IUGG)
Fewer rain storms across southern Australia
Published by CSIRO on 4 July 2011 Decreasing autumn and winter rainfall over southern Australia has been attributed to a
Fresh Science
Printing solar cells
Australian researchers have invented nanotech solar cells that are thin, flexible and use 1/100th the materials of conventional solar cells.
Printable, flexible solar cells that could dramatically decrease the cost of renewable energy have been developed by PhD student Brandon MacDonald in collaboration with his colleagues from CSIRO’s Future Manufacturing Flagship and the University of Melbourne’s […]
Fresh Science
A smart bandage reveals healing
Melbourne researchers have developed smart bandages that change colour to reveal the state of the wound beneath.
Their invention could reduce the $500 million cost of chronic wound care in Australia.
“We hope that the dressing could lead to more rapid and effective treatment of chronic wounds such as leg ulcers, saving time and money, […]
WiSE
WiSE Summit announced
The challenge More women are studying science at university than men. But they’re not staying in science. We’re losing them