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This article from CSIRO's publication Solve of August 2005 addresses how science is meeting the challenge of finding ways to reduce Australia's wasteful water practices and improve the way we use and manage this finite resource.
In a move that will advance key research in hydrometallurgy, CSIRO is investing A$15 million to create a new centre of excellence at its Waterford site in Western Australia.
The Australian Animal Health Laboratory plays a vital role in keeping Australia free from exotic and emerging animal diseases, including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or ‘mad cow disease’) and scrapie.
In 1996, a new virus was discovered in Australian bats - identified as a lyssavirus, this virus is a close relative to common rabies found overseas. Since its discovery, bat lyssavirus has killed two people in Australia.
The Australian Biological Collections contribute to the discovery, inventory, understanding and conservation of Australia’s plant and animal biodiversity.
Former CSIRO scientist and current President of International Astronomers Union, Professor Ron Ekers argues that multi-culturalism makes science more fertile and Australians working overseas are our link to the global science community.
A diminishing supply of high grade ore and increasing market demand are driving research into developing cost-effective technology to process Australia's low-grade ore deposits.
A five-year selective breeding program is expected to bring A$20 million in benefits to Tasmania’s Atlantic salmon industry when the first progeny are harvested in 2009–10.
