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Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots  9/29/2010
Tight gas-hunts in sweet spots
Curtin University researchers are part of a key group of scientists set to investigate and make recommendations for future successful tight gas exploration in Western Australia.
Capturing the lone atom  9/28/2010
Capturing the lone atom
In a major physics breakthrough with international significance, University of Otago scientists have developed a technique to consistently isolate and capture a fast-moving neutral ...
Measuring an electron  9/28/2010
Measuring an electron
Quantum computers promise exponential increases in processing speed over today's computers through their use of the "spin", or magnetic orientation, of individual electrons to ...
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers  8/31/2010
The gulf that separates consultants & manufacturers
Feature of the week: Keith Monaghan was not impressed. The president of the Plastics Industry Manufacturers of Australia (PIMA) had just picked up the phone. A consultant was on the ...
Safety around electrically powered vehicles  8/11/2010
Safety around electrically powered vehicles
Feature of the week: Power regulators in each state are set to deliberate on a draft Australian Standard designed to unify methods of work around electrically powered vehicles, ...
Lice infestation needs co-ordinated attack  7/21/2010
Lice infestation needs co-ordinated attack
Feature of the week: Infestations of sheep lice are costing New South Wales sheep farmers thousands of dollars each year in lost production.
Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change  7/8/2010
Australian agriculture must adapt to climate change
In Australia's first ever climate change adaption conference, scientists and decision makers delivered a clear message: agriculture and farming businesses must cope with the changing ...
Workplaces still lack women  7/6/2010
Workplaces still lack women
Only 38 per cent of Generation X, tertiary qualified women participating in a long-running University of Melbourne study or work full-time, compared to 90 per cent of Generation X, ...
New prawn breed developed  6/29/2010
New prawn breed developed
After ten years of painstaking research into the popular Black Tiger prawn, CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship and Australian prawn farmers have developed a new prawn that is producing ...
AUS's 1st climate change adaptation conference  6/28/2010
AUS's 1st climate change adaptation conference
The first international conference held in Australia to discuss the science and options for adapting to climate change begins on the Gold Coast on Tuesday 29 June.
Waste management for Australian businesses  6/17/2010
Waste management for Australian businesses
Feature of the week: Every year Australian businesses purchase millions of computers, printers and televisions, and throw out their old ones.
Foam breaker cleans waterways  6/17/2010
Foam breaker cleans waterways
Australian scientists have developed a groundbreaking treatment to clean up the highly toxic and persistent foam chemicals used worldwide to fight thousands of fires.
Could compost replace synthetic fertilisers?  6/16/2010
Could compost replace synthetic fertilisers?
Feature of the week: Farmers are being urged to change their use of chemically produced fertilisers for food production, and utilise an alternative plant food such as compost, to ...
Simple answer for clean water  6/11/2010
Simple answer for clean water
The production of clean energy and the treatment of waste water are set to become easier thanks to ANU researchers.
Livestock science in a muffin tin  6/7/2010
Livestock science in a muffin tin
It’s not often you find a muffin tray in a lab, but scientists at the University of Waikato are nothing if not resourceful.
Sauvignon Blanc likes the cold  6/4/2010
Sauvignon Blanc likes the cold
Auckland scientists studying the unique characteristics of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc have shown that cold storage can triple the shelf-life of the wine by reducing the loss of ...
Helping canola bloom on time  6/1/2010
Helping canola bloom on time
Industry & Investment NSW (I&I) researchers are helping investigate the genes that control flowering in canola.
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace  5/27/2010
Emotional intelligence: Enhancing success in the workplace
Where there is emotional intelligence in the workplace, there are likely to be happy, and productive employees who work as a team.
Transistor uses seven atoms  5/25/2010
Transistor uses seven atoms
Scientists have literally taken a leap into a new era of computing power by making the world's smallest precision-built transistor - a "quantum dot" of just seven atoms in a single ...
New moorings to save seagrass  5/24/2010
New moorings to save seagrass
An aerial view of a typical boat-mooring area in Moreton Bay reveals dozens of bare haloes, patches of sand surrounded by seagrass.
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