Mon Apr 2, 2012
The Minister for Science and Research, Senator Chris Evans, today announced CSIRO had successfully settled litigation in the United States to licence the wireless local area network (WLAN) technology, invented in Australia in the 1990s. The technology, which came out of CSIRO’s work on radioastronomy, is today used in more than three billion devices worldwide [...]
Mon Mar 26, 2012
Australian research provides evidence for the theory that human hunters were primarily responsible for the disappearance of Australia’s giant vertebrates about 40,000 years ago. The research also concludes that the extinction caused changes to the Australian landscape. A Perspectives piece by a New Zealand author accompanies the research paper. Scientists involved in the research are [...]
Fri Mar 16, 2012
U.S. scientists have been investigating whether prenatal exposure to mobile phone radiation has any impact on mice, though the authors caution that their findings may be difficult to translate to human risks. Female mice were exposed to an active mobile phone call throughout their pregnancy. The authors found that fetal exposure to mobile phone radiation [...]
Fri Mar 9, 2012
On March 11 last year a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) earthquake hit off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami and resulting in the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Over 15,000 people were confirmed dead as the tsunami inundated a total area of approximately 561 km2 (217 sq mi) in Japan. A series of [...]
Fri Mar 9, 2012
Embargo lifted 11am AEDT March 9, 2012 Swedish and American authors say a new technique involving the use of an artificial scaffold into which a patient’s own stem cells are inserted, turning it into a fully functional organ, could offer a potential solution to the donor shortage crisis. The review article is one of two [...]
Tue Mar 6, 2012
As flood waters continue to affect towns across NSW and Victoria, experts discuss the role of La Nina and how urban planning contributes to floods.
Tue Mar 6, 2012
On March 11 last year a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) earthquake hit off the coast of Japan triggering a powerful tsunami and resulting in the most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Now, one year after the disastrous events unfolded, nuclear and disaster experts examine the current situation and what lessons can be learnt.
Fri Mar 2, 2012
Embargo lifted 21.00 hrs AEDT Thu 1 Mar US experts have found that taking high dose supplements of retinol, a form of vitamin A, may have a preventative role in melanoma among women. The researchers examined 69,635 men and women who were participants of the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) cohort study to see whether dietary [...]