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Lamb's carbon footprint found  4/7/2010
Lamb's carbon footprint found
The first major study to look at the carbon footprint of lamb shows that each 100 gram portion of New Zealand lamb exported to Europe creates 1.9kg of CO2 equivalents and that 80 ...
Email invasion causes stress  4/6/2010
Email invasion causes stress
The much-touted "work/life balance" has been found to be riddled with paradox with new research showing work-related email invading workers' homes and leisure spaces, causing stress, ...
CEOs step up to take direct action on women in top jobs  4/1/2010
CEOs step up to take direct action on women in top jobs
Members of the Business Council of Australia will be at the forefront of boosting the numbers of female CEOs and CFOs in the ASX top 200 under an initiative launched at the BCA’s ...
Chem discovery may revolutionise cooking oil production  3/31/2010
Chem discovery may revolutionise cooking oil production
A Queen's University chemistry professor has invented a special solvent that may make cooking oil production more environmentally friendly.
Rising acid threatens oceans  3/31/2010
Rising acid threatens oceans
The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry and ecosystems of the world's oceans, international marine scientists have ...
Isotopes help mineral explorers  3/29/2010
Isotopes help mineral explorers
Research associated with seismic surveys undertaken as part of Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program has provided indications of the potential for significant, so ...
Underwater waves begin deep  3/29/2010
Underwater waves begin deep
In an Australian first, researchers have observed the generation of internal waves flowing hundreds of metres beneath the ocean surface on the North West Shelf.
Feedlot beef helps greenhouse  3/25/2010
Feedlot beef helps greenhouse
Beef produced in feedlots has a smaller carbon footprint than meat raised exclusively on pastures, according to the surprise results of a UNSW study of the environmental impacts of ...
Roadblocks on the path to GM superfoods  3/25/2010
Roadblocks on the path to GM superfoods
GM foods engineered to contain high levels of nutrients could be a neat solution to micronutrient deficiencies in poor countries, but there are many scientific, social and political ...
Waste disposal services to capitalise on new technology  3/24/2010
Waste disposal services to capitalise on new technology
A hole in the ground is no longer seen as a fitting or final resting place for Australia’s rubbish. Recycling, reuse and production of energy from waste is increasing. For the $8.9 ...
Climate index explains dryness  3/24/2010
Climate index explains dryness
CSIRO and Chinese scientists have developed a new climatic index which provides an answer to a riddle that has puzzled researchers for decades: 'Why has south-west Western Australia ...
Rio expands its iron ore base in the Pilbara  3/23/2010
Rio expands its iron ore base in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto has increased its iron ore footprint in Western Australia after the company late last month started producing from the US$901 million Mesa A / Warramboo mine in the Pilbara ...
CSIRO helps unmask a devastating crop disease  3/22/2010
CSIRO helps unmask a devastating crop disease
As part of an international consortium, CSIRO scientists have played an important role in uncovering groundbreaking new information about Fusarium – a fungus capable of devastating ...
Employers urge limits on unfunded award wage rises  3/22/2010
Employers urge limits on unfunded award wage rises
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) will support conditional increases of between $10.50 and $12.50 per week to award wages in the Annual Minimum Wage Review.
CSIRO and Bayer to focus on sustainable crops  3/19/2010
CSIRO and Bayer to focus on sustainable crops
CSIRO and Bayer CropScience are embarking on a new two-year research program designed to assess the sustainability of new generation crops.
Recycled AC cuts emissions  3/18/2010
Recycled AC cuts emissions
New Curtin University of Technology research has shown that it may be possible for business to save the environment and money at the same time by remanufacturing compressors for ...
Organic produce & bottled water get a boost  3/18/2010
Organic produce & bottled water get a boost
Health-conscious consumers are behind two industries identified by IBISWorld as among the fastest growing over the past decade.
Climate now: New state of the Climate Snapshot  3/15/2010
Climate now: New state of the Climate Snapshot
More extremely hot days, fewer cold ones wetter in the north and drier in the south: this is not a forecast for Australia's climate but a snapshot of our climate now.
Rio Tinto looks to mining in the future  3/12/2010
Rio Tinto looks to mining in the future
Rio Tinto has announced plans to expand its Mine of the Future program in Western Australia, which will see the company develop new equipment and systems for deep underground mines. ...
Peregian Springs urban recycled water project  3/10/2010
Peregian Springs urban recycled water project
Innovative technology has made recycling and the reuse of wastewater a possibility at a new development project on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
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