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Hair today, gone tomorrow: tracking hair loss and growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO has developed maths-based imaging technology to measure hair on different parts of the human body.
Oct 31, 2008 |
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Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australia’s new $A200m synchrotron in Melbourne could contribute to the fight to save the Tasmanian devil from the outbreak of facial tumour disease currently decimating devil populations, ...
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Sep 29, 2008 |
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Breakthrough for carbon nanotube materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- In collaboration with scientists from the NanoTech Institute of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – CSIRO has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of a commercially-viable ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Emissions rising faster this decade than last
The latest figures on the global carbon budget to be released in Washington and Paris today indicate a four-fold increase in growth rate of human-generated carbon dioxide emissions since 2000.
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Over 100 new sharks and rays classified
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian scientists have completed an ambitious 18-month project to name and describe more than 100 new species of sharks and rays.
Biology /
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Permafrost carbon content double the old estimates
New research indicates that the amount of frozen organic carbon locked away in the world’s permafrost regions – a major potential source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) – is double what ...
Sep 12, 2008 |
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Improved satellite navigation for remote areas
CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship are working closely with industry and government to develop vastly improved navigation technology for remote areas.
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Noogoora burr throws researchers a curve ball
(PhysOrg.com) -- What do you do when a weed fights back? Noogoora burr in Australia’s tropical north has done just that but CSIRO scientists aren’t letting it get away with it.
Biology /
Aug 19, 2008 |
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Southern Ocean seals dive deep for climate data
(PhysOrg.com) -- Elephant seals are helping scientists overcome a critical blind-spot in their ability to detect change in Southern Ocean circulation and sea ice production and its influence on global climate.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2008 |
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Towards lower fuel use -- technologies for lighter cars
With oil prices at an historic high and global concern about vehicle emissions, consumer demand - and the focus in car manufacturing - is shifting to lightweight, low-fuel consumption cars.
Aug 08, 2008 |
3.7 / 5 (11) |
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Using biostatistics to detect disease outbreaks
An internationally recognised authority in biostatistics, Harvard University Professor Louise Ryan, is working with CSIRO researchers to help improve the way statistics are used to detect disease outbreaks ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 15, 2008 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
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Coal-generated CO2 captured in Australia -- a first
In a first for Australia, carbon dioxide (CO2) has been captured from power station flue gases in a post-combustion-capture (PCC) pilot plant at Loy Yang Power Station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.
Jul 09, 2008 |
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DNA test to revolutionise sheep worm control
CSIRO scientists have moved a step closer to developing a novel DNA test which has the potential to revolutionise management of one of the biggest threats to sheep health in Australia, the barber’s pole worm.
Jun 23, 2008 |
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