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Noogoora burr throws researchers a curve ball

Noogoora burr throws researchers a curve ball

Biology /

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(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.


Dr. Leon Rotstayn, CSIRO Australia

Aerosols -- their part in our rainfall

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr. Leon Rotstayn.


Scientists nail quail mystery

Scientists nail quail mystery

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Massey biology researcher has used DNA analysis to prove quail on Tiritiri Matangi Island are Australian and not remnants of an extinct New Zealand species.


Footrot vaccine closer than ever

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Monash University scientists have started clinical trials to find a successful vaccine against footrot in sheep.


A hypersonics trial in Woomera, South Australia

Scientists test superjet technology in Australia

Technology / Engineering

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 7

Australian and US scientists have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology which could revolutionise international flight, officials said.


New Ice Age maps point to climate change patterns

New Ice Age maps point to climate change patterns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New climate maps of the Earth’s surface during the height of the last Ice Age support predictions that northern Australia will become wetter and southern Australia drier due to climate change.


Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.


Scientists uncover new dolphin species in Australian waters

Biology /

created Nov 21, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine mammal experts have uncovered a new species of dolphin in Australian waters, challenging existing knowledge about bottlenose dolphin classifications and highlighting the country's marine biodiversity.


Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil

Synchrotron could help save the Tassie devil

Biology /

created Sep 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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, ...


Researchers find rust resistance genes in wild grasses

Biology /

created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide researchers have identified new sources of stem and leaf rust resistance in wild grass relatives of wheat sourced mostly from the 'fertile crescent' of the Middle East.


Scientific submersible makes deep-sea discoveries

Scientists find new creatures of Australian deep (Update, Video)

Biology /

created Jan 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists said Sunday they had uncovered new marine animals in their search of previously unexplored Australian waters, along with a bizarre carnivorous sea squirt and ocean-dwelling spiders.


Australia gets $72 million for the GMT

Australia gets $72 million for the Giant Magellan Telescope

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Pasadena, CA-The Australian government has announced that it will provide $88.4 million AUD ($72.4 million USD) to help fund the revolutionary 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) to be sited at Las Campanas ...


The Maugean Skate Zearaja maugeana

Over 100 new sharks and rays classified

Biology /

created Sep 18, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian scientists have completed an ambitious 18-month project to name and describe more than 100 new species of sharks and rays.


Nearly 90 percent of koalas in Japanese zoos are infected with a virus

Most koalas in Japan carry leukemia virus: report

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 90 percent of koalas in Japanese zoos are infected with a virus believed to cause leukemia in the marsupials, a report said.


Termites eavesdrop on competitors to survive

Termites eavesdrop on competitors to survive

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The drywood termite, Cryptotermes secundus, eavesdrops on its more aggressive subterranean competitor, Coptotermes acinaciformis, to avoid contact with it, according to scientists from CSIRO ...