Research Aircraft Measuring Nosecone
A research aircraft with a nosecone fitted with instruments for making meteorological measurements.
View ArticleTesting Fire Intensity in Kakadu
CSIRO Wildlife and Ecology scientist, Dr Dick Willliams, measuring fire intensity at Kapalga Research Station in Kakadu National Park. Fires in the Top End tend to be of relatively low intensity. The...
View ArticleA Goanna
There will always be winners and losers with any fire. For predatory and scavenging reptiles such as goannas, fires provide a good source of carrion.
View ArticleA Mathematical and Statistical Computer Package
CSIRO scientists using a specialised mathematical and statistical computer package.
View ArticleQuick Electronic Catalogue Software
CSIRO researchers have developed a system for rapidly generating text for electronic catalogues. It is unique in that it produces text which is based on specific information about the intended reader -...
View ArticleCross section of wool fibre
Transmission Electron Microscope image of the cross section of a wool fibre showing the ortho-cortical and meso-cortical cells that make up the cortex.
View ArticleDickson poppy fields at CSIR Dickson Experimental Station in the Australian...
From Shaping Science and Industry - C.B. Schedvin 1987. "By 1943 Australia was more or less self-sufficient in morphine. The ancient method of obtaining opium from the poppy heads could not be used...
View ArticleA ferret at AAHL
A ferret in the animal facilities within the high biocontainment area of CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL)
View ArticleNew course set for ocean observations
CSIRO has announced a partnership with San Francisco-based ocean technology start-up, Saildrone, to radically improve measurement and monitoring in Australian waters and the Southern Ocean. The...
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