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CSIRO Chairman announces extension to Chief Executive contract
CSIRO Chairman Mr Simon McKeon has announced that Chief Executive Dr Megan Clark has agreed to extend her term with CSIRO to the end of 2014. “The Board has full confidence in Dr Clark and supports the continuing execution of the CSIRO strategy which is focused on answering big questions and increasing Australia’s productivity through…
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Preparing the ground for our electricity make-over
Change is a-coming! In 2050 CSIRO predicts that our homes and businesses could be powered by over 20 different energy sources and technologies. Together with our partners we are helping Australia’s electricity sector prepare for the monumental make-over required to undergo the transformation. This week in Sydney, CSIRO announced a A$13 million research collaboration between…
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Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Names 2013 Award Winners
The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) has announced the recipients of their prestigious merit and innovation awards ahead of the 46th Annual AIFST Convention. The Keith Farrer Award of Merit, which acknowledges achievement in food science and technology and contribution to furthering the aims of the Institute’s objectives, has been awarded to…
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The Winners of the European Inventor Award 2013
European Inventor Award 2013 goes to outstanding inventors from Austria, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain and the US · European Patent Office honours pioneering inventors of LCD technology, nano-capsules for cancer treatment, pyrosequencing, USB, and ‘Blumotion’ damper system for doors · EPO President Benoît Battistelli: “These inventors have been truly exemplary, not only in coming up…
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European Inventor Award 2013 ceremony in Amsterdam
As one of the most prestigious competitions of its kind, the European Inventor Award each year pays tribute to the creativity of inventors, whose quest for new ideas drives technological progress and economic growth, shapes our society and improves our daily lives. The award not only gives inventors the recognition they deserve, it also encourages…
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CERN Physicist Explains the Origins of the Universe, for Beginners
How did the universe begin — and how is it expanding? CERN physicist Tom Whyntie has created a new TED-ED three animated video that explains how the universe began, why it’s expanding, and other basic phenomena that concern cosmologists and particle physicists. He shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these questions by replicating the heat, energy,…
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Interview with ABC: Mars One
Link of the interview: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-14/reality-tv-to-send-guests-to-mars/4690088 An updated page with the full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-15/an-ethical-questions-over-one-way-mars-mission/4690824 Dan Petrovic appeared on ABC’s Newsline as a representative of Australian Science and one of the first five sponsors of Mars One initiative. The interview also features comments from the founder Bas Lansdorp, Jonathan Nally from SpaceInfo and Dr. Graham Phillips from ABC. Report by:…
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Women take centre stage at ground breaking healthcare conference
Over 50% of the speakers are prominent females in the scientific healthcare field at the ‘World Research and Innovation Congress – Pioneers in Healthcare’ event, Steigenberger Grandhotel, Brussels, 5 and 6 June, 2013 Despite playing a significant role in science and healthcare throughout the ages, women globally are under-represented in this sector. A recent article…
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Annual AIFST Convention to Reel in Registrations with Unique Session Line-‐Up
The 46th Annual Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Convention is the premier food technology conference in Australia for industry, research and government organisations, locally and overseas. Date: 14th – 16th July 2013 / Location: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australia The upcoming 46th Annual AIFST conference has an array of international and local…
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Life of an astronaut – Jerry Carr
In one of the TED-Ed’s lessons worth sharing – astronaut Jerry Carr share his experience on space. As commander of Skylab, he spent over 2000 hours in space, orbiting the Earth over 1000 times. Recounting his life story, Carr remembers the enchanting years he spent at NASA.
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Toolkit – Digital & Media Literacy Education
In industrialised countries, the Internet has increasingly become embedded in everyday life: from the purchase of a train ticket to the consultation of a bibliographical catalogue, the Net can be seen today as an “invisible technology”. In addition, the growth of the Internet at home and school has generated a particular group of users, i.e.…
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Celebrating Global Star Wars Day by unveiling the next generation of robotics research
As science-fiction fans around the world gear up to celebrate some of the most popular robots ever created on global Star Wars Day (otherwise known as May-the-fourth-be-with-you Day), last week CSIRO has released details about its latest crop of robots which indicate advances in ICT research will see closer collaboration between people and robots in…
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Maria Island joins international ocean monitoring network
A key facility in an international observing network to detect increasing ocean acidification is monitoring carbon cycling in the Tasman Sea from a site near Maria Island. The A$150,000 mooring with its suite of environmental sensors is one of three in Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) that are included in the international network in…
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The future looks ‘appy’ for Aussie broadband connected homes
You’ve heard of the Ice Age but have you heard of the ‘App Age’? A new report compiled by CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation (ACBI) has revealed the next generation of broadband-enabled applications will be more about connecting households to new sensors and cloud services than checking emails and social media invites. The ‘Broadband…