New species of sea snake discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered a new species of sea snake in the Gulf of Carpenteria, northern Australia, which is unique in having raised scales.
Feb 21, 2012
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Feb 21, 2012
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Rio Tinto plans world-first driverless rail network
Miner Rio Tinto will use driverless trains to deliver its iron ore to ports in Western Australia in what it said Monday will be the world's first automated, long-distance, heavy-haul rail network.
Feb 20, 2012
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World's greenest supercomputer heads to Melbourne to boost health research
Victoria will be home to one of Australia's fastest supercomputers and the world's greenest supercomputer, the IBM Blue Gene/Q, which will be housed at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) hosted by ...
Feb 14, 2012
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Streams need trees to withstand climate change
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than twenty years of biological monitoring have confirmed the importance of vegetation for protecting Australia's freshwater streams and rivers against the ravages of drought and climate ...
Feb 10, 2012
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Australia’s sheep are naturally itching for tea tree’s good oil
NASA satellite sees cyclone Jasmine heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
Feb 06, 2012
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Hayabusa 2 Mission approved by Japanese government
In 2010, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa completed an exciting although nail-biting mission to the asteroid Itokawa, successfully returning samples to Earth after first reaching the asteroid in 2005; the ...
Feb 01, 2012
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Early action tipped to save tonnes of Aussie avocados
Researchers at UQ's Queensland Alliance for Food and Agriculture (QAAFI) have acted swiftly to ensure Australia's next $180 million avocado crop won't be crippled by a fungus.
Feb 01, 2012
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NASA sees development of tropical storm 09S in southern Indian Ocean
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the low pressure system called System 97S on Jan. 24 and observed a large area of strong thunderstorms around its center that hinted at further development. On Jan. 25, the ...
Jan 25, 2012
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New research finds migrants are doing well in regional and rural Australia
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research study by Macquarie University has found migrants in regional and rural Australia are doing better socio-economically than in the past, now earning similar levels of income to ...
Jan 24, 2012
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Quakes unearth Australia's underground past
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The Australian National University have used the latest earthquake-measuring technology to image the tectonic plate beneath southeast Australia and reveal for the first time ...
Jan 10, 2012
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Two New Zealand scientists to travel to Antarctica to measure magnetic South Pole
(PhysOrg.com) -- While the rest of the world gets on with meeting the New Year head on, two research scientists from New Zealand are traveling to the Antarctic to take measurements of the magnet South Pole. ...
Jan 02, 2012
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Biodiversity and climate change - from bad to worse
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major new scientific review, involving more than 30 scientists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands sets out our current knowledge of the impacts of climate change on biodiversity ...
Dec 08, 2011
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ESA station keeps contact with Russian Mars mission Phobos-Grunt
Following the first successful contact on Tuesday, ESA's tracking station in Australia again established two-way communication with Russia's Phobos–Grunt spacecraft on 23 November. The data received ...
Nov 25, 2011
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Last whale dies in mass Australian beaching
