CE-001 genetic modification Over arching information on gene technology / biotechnology. Specific pages on certain GM (e.g. cotton). CSIRO135-03599247 CSIRO141-08973435 CSIRO141-07897607 CE-002 hairpin RNAi / gene silencing Information to help scientists find out more about hairpin RNAi technology. Specific contacts to obtain vectors. CSIRO197-05231046 CSIRO139-13111797 CSIRO145-13752815 CE-003 sustainable agriculture General information about CSIRO's activities in sustainable agriculture with links to more specific research areas. CSIRO144-09895603 CSIRO139-13945406 CE-004 climate change CSIRO has recently provided the most authoritative assessments of the likely impact of global climate change for Australia. CSIRO conducts research into the changing climate, along with the social and environmental impacts of climate change. CSIRO145-04151285 CSIRO142-14818718 CSIRO139-00700012 CE-005 fire Our research into bushfire behaviour is improving the understanding of fire, and leading to better technologies and strategies to save lives and limit damage. Includes protecting your home from bushfires, improving house design to mitigate fires, etc. CSIRO139-14369784 CSIRO137-16723697 CSIRO265-13555832 CE-006 sustainable ecosystems CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems is focused on maintaining the sustainability of Australia's landscapes, environments and communities. With laboratories located across Australia, our research targets a diverse range of regions and sustainability issues. We're helping answer the sustainable resource and development questions critical to the future of society, industry and the environment. CSIRO139-08803101 CSIRO134-15377106 CSIRO134-11984748 CSIRO145-14323510 CE-007 air guitar / textile sensors Questions from the public relate to "how does the air guitar work?", such as: How do the sensors work? How does the computer translate the gestures into music? Is it wireless? How easy is it to learn how to play? All of the web resources listed attempt to answer these questions to some degree so they are all relevant. Other relevant materials would be an overview of sensors and sensor technologies and links to work in these fields to other divisions, particularly in biomedical / health applications. CSIRO145-04767447 CSIRO138-15933953 CSIRO138-00368059 CSIRO145-05186172 CSIRO140-14710325 CSIRO138-00324936 CSIRO138-00023148 CSIRO138-00045920 CSIRO265-14667001 CSIRO145-05534443 CE-008 carbon nanotube yarns and sheets The above documents provide a reasonably comprehensive coverage of the carbon nanotube projects at CTFT. Other valuable material would be: An overview of nanotechnology across CSIRO; Other nanotechnology projects related to those at CTFT from other divisions. CSIRO144-11639940 CSIRO145-10786692 CSIRO139-03645257 CSIRO145-04117894 CSIRO138-16128375 CSIRO140-03095481 CSIRO140-00803668 CSIRO137-15964119 CSIRO141-12695094 CSIRO141-16051829 CSIRO142-03623579 CSIRO265-12782890 CSIRO145-05534443 CE-009 medical textiles / smart textiles The overall topic would benefit from a cross-divisional overview on Biomedical or medical textiles (or both) and links to projects and achievements across CSIRO. CSIRO145-12663639 CSIRO146-16612877 CSIRO145-07664557 CSIRO145-04519788 CSIRO138-11929259 CSIRO265-13483765 CSIRO139-08978229 CSIRO141-12648924 CSIRO141-12626651 CSIRO137-16248147 CE-010 (arsenic) treated timber Advice on the safety and precautions for use of 'copper log' treated pine. CSIRO172-10642573 CSIRO140-16046244 CE-011 world leading Australian aerospace tech Australia is currently the world leader in researching working scramjet technology (ultra high velocity air breathing engines). NASA and others are working with Australian scientists because their own programs have been comparatively unsuccessful. CSIRO138-10156515 CE-012 cancer risk Focus on genome damage and therefore cancer risk in humans. CSIRO145-10349105 CSIRO140-15970492 CSIRO139-07037024 CSIRO138-00801380 CE-013 human clinical trials Overview of the Human Nutrition Clinic facility and the latest clinical nutrition trials which are recruiting volunteers. CSIRO145-08477954 CSIRO145-11110519 CSIRO142-02910122 CE-014 high protein diet Background of the dietary trial which lead to development of Total Wellbeing Diet book, fact sheet about differing diets, etc. CSIRO142-00665671 CSIRO145-05770980 CSIRO142-08955593 CE-015 life cycle assessment Resources which discuss analysis of all associated costs across entire production chain, cradle to grave analysis, assessment of long term sustainability of industries/processes. CSIRO139-00675183 CSIRO145-07583643 CE-016 beneficiation Resources which discuss comminution, using physical techniques such as crushing and grinding to access minerals in ore bodies. CSIRO144-13425706 CSIRO141-04170719 CE-017 improving cement production Different techniques for slag granulation, use of waste heat, use of different materials to replace traditional Portland cement (e.g. geopolymers) CSIRO145-10008313 CSIRO145-05963694 CE-018 sensor networks What are sensor networks? How does the technology work? What are the applications? How does it benefit farmers, consumers, etc? What has been achieved so far and when will we see them in general use? CSIRO174-08739353 CSIRO145-00185091 CE-019 telecollaboration and virtual offices What new technologies exist to support collaboration across distance? How does it work? What can it do for my business? Is it safe, private, secure, reliable? Who is using it now? CSIRO174-08210112 CSIRO174-08238928 CSIRO145-09640287 CSIRO145-16750598 CE-020 mining robotics What mining technologies can be automated? How is it done? How do robots navigate? How safe is the technology? Where is it operating? How much will it cost? Is it cost efficient for my business? How can I work with CSIRO on this? CSIRO174-11148923 CSIRO145-00327347 CE-021 drilling What new drilling technologies are coming on stream? Diamond composite drill bits. Autonomous drilling. Drilling and cutting. CSIRO148-12544210 CSIRO140-04430499 CSIRO145-00609060 CE-022 airborne hyperspectral How effective is airborne hyperspectral sensing? Which elements can it detect? Exploration successes using hyperspectral sensing. CSIRO144-14172499 CSIRO148-10480844 CSIRO148-10587746 CE-023 science experiments Try your hand at exciting experiments and activities at home or at school with everyday equipment.Mix some slime, build a rocket or make sultanas dance! CSIRO135-03057758 CSIRO146-07629196 CSIRO146-07085481 CE-024 Double Helix Science Club Like laughing while you learn and teach? The Club has science for the young and the young at heart, for parents, students and teachers. Membership of the Club includes magazines, events, email experiments and more. CSIRO135-02632945 CSIRO135-06123203 CE-025 science education CSIRO operates school programs around Australia including awards, competitions, student workshops and research projects, teacher professional development and teacher resources. CSIRO135-03031291 CSIRO135-03088202 CSIRO141-05605334 CSIRO142-02888789 CSIRO135-02508140 CE-026 radio astronomy The Parkes Observatory is operated by the Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF). The ATNF is Australia's premier radio-astronomy institute. Radio telescopes collect and process radio waves. These waves can be used to make pictures of objects in space. CSIRO is currently involved in the development of the Square Kilometre Array(SKA), which will be the world's largest and most powerful radio telescope. Resources describing radio astronomy, telescope, observatory, radio waves and compact array would all be relevant to this topic. CSIRO139-08148971 CSIRO090-14725994 CSIRO196-09453900 CE-027 H5NI avian influenza The Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) plays a vital role in maintaining Australia’s capability to quickly diagnose exotic (foreign) and emerging animal diseases. Avian influenza virus, Type A Strain H5N1, is a virus that naturally lives in birds. Humans that have contact with infected birds can become infected. AAHL has been helping in the fight against bird flu. Resources describing biosecurity, bird flu, avian influenza, flu viruses, H5N1 would all be relevant to this topic. CSIRO145-01037563 CSIRO141-03129340 CE-028 air cargo scanner CSIRO has developed an Air Cargo Scanner for the detection of contraband in air cargo. Existing bulk scanning technologies use high-energy x-rays to detect distinctive metal objects such as weapons, but ill-defined, organic materials such as drugs and explosives, are harder for them to detect. CSIRO's world-first scanner, shows not only the shape, but the composition of materials inside the cargo. This helps with image analysis, particularly in the detection of organic materials with ill-defined shapes such as concealed narcotics and explosives. CSIRO138-00516887 CE-029 Omega-3 grains CSIRO Food Futures Flagship has developed plants that produce DHA, a healthy omega-3 oil component normally only available from fish sources, and vital for human health. DHA is vital for optimal brain and eye development and is recognised for its health attributes including: lowering coronary heart disease risk, Type-2 diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and asthma. Resources describing long chain omega-3 fatty acids and DHA would be relevant to this topic. CSIRO145-09143331 CSIRO141-09892358 CSIRO145-02664093 CE-030 T-mag CSIRO's new technology, called T-Mag, produces high-integrity magnesium alloy castings from permanent moulds, free of porosity and other defects. This allows lightweight magnesium alloy engine blocks that are just as strong as the ones made the old-fashioned way, allowing cars to be much lighter. T-Mag can also cast high-integrity magnesium alloy wheels. Current casting technology cannot produce wheels of sufficient integrity to be safe and practical at an acceptable cost. Resources describing light metal production, magnesium and aluminium casting, lightweight cars and alloy blocks would all be relevant to this topic. CSIRO147-01516588 CSIRO138-09946612 CSIRO144-14898137 CE-031 dysphagia Dysphagia affects about one in twenty people and can lead to lung infections, malnourishment and death. CSIRO has developed a tiny fibre-optic catheter that detects swallowing abnormalities in a far less intrusive way than previous methods. Resources describing fibre-optic catheters would be relevant to this topic. CSIRO146-16723121 CSIRO138-10179903 CE-032 machine vision Machine Vision is the use of computer hardware and software to analyse an image or scene to determine what it is or what is happening in it. Machine vision research is focused the development of human-eye-like capability. The CSIRO's Machine Vision research is directed at client-specific applications from the initial specification stage through to client site installation, the development of both the hardware and software solutions to clients' machine vision tasks and research aimed at expanding the circumstances where we can use known techniques and we develop new techniques to address new problems. Resources describing Safe-T-Cam and intelligent monitoring technology would be relevant to this topic. CSIRO145-10523964 CSIRO082-09304288 CSIRO145-10265794 CSIRO147-01056383 CSIRO082-09180631 CSIRO139-06634150 CE-033 dung beetle CSIRO introduced industrious dung beetles into Australia in 1967 to dispose of cow pads that normally remained on the ground for months, even years. The work controlled the busy fly nuisance and helped to improve soil fertility. Resources describing biological control and pest management would be relevant to this topic. CSIRO142-06297028 CSIRO151-10127131 CSIRO148-13539697 CSIRO156-15099476 CSIRO145-09071770 CE-034 carp CSIRO is investigating a potential new biological control agent that could eradicate one Australia’s most invasive aquatic pests – carp. Current research is focused on Koi herpesvirus as a means of controlling the introduced fish and finding out whether the virus will have any impact on certain native fauna. Resources describing biological control and pest management would be relevant to this topic. CSIRO138-14241750 CSIRO064-15834391 CSIRO139-09015831 CSIRO142-02166496 CE-035 nanohouse CSIRO have developed a model house that shows how new materials, products and processes that are emerging from nanotechnology research and development might be applied to our living environment. Nanotechnology is the design, fabrication, and characterisation of functional objects having dimensions at the nanometer (one billionth of a metre) length scale. Resources describing molecular and nanoscale components, industrial physics, biomimetics, nanoparticle films, biosensors and molecular electronics would all be relevant to this topic. CSIRO113-00255322 CSIRO144-12335500 CE-036 termites Resources describing termites or ‘white ants’ as well as food identification through vibrations will all contain useful information. Current CSIRO research in termite pest management looks at deterring termites through non-chemical means using the vibrations of wood (termite food) to manipulate their feeding habits. CSIRO146-00639055 CSIRO139-02590561 CSIRO141-08736692 CSIRO149-00979277 CE-037 river Murray The River Murray and its tributaries form the largest and most developed river system in Australia. Resources describing water scarcity, water limitations, surface and groundwater will all contain useful information. Current CSIRO research looks to use innovative methods to increase water productivity. In particular, the irrigation industry is exploring new opportunities for balancing the use of water for both agricultural and environmental purposes. CSIRO145-09602662 CSIRO144-14932416 CSIRO144-14577651 CSIRO117-11194409 CSIRO115-14372345 CSIRO142-00412073 CE-038 managing salinity Salinity is one of the biggest environmental problems facing Australia. Current CSIRO research explores the implications of different pressures on river water, such as upland land use change, climate change, salinity, and groundwater balance. CSIRO has also discovered two new wheat genes for sodium exclusion that enhances its salt tolerance. Resources describing salinity, soil acidity, irrigated salinity or dryland salinity would all be relevant to the topic. CSIRO115-10899352 CSIRO115-10917101 CSIRO116-08117700 CSIRO144-14064269 CSIRO145-14143039 CSIRO142-08127945 CE-039 cane toads Cane toads were introduced into Australia in a failed bid to control Australian native beetles. Since then they have spread across 500 000 square kilometres of Australia’s north-east. Current CSIRO research centres on the development of biological control agent for cane toads. CSIRO researchers are working to engineer a virus that could be used to control the cane toad. Resources describing cane toads, invasive species, pest management, biological control would all be relevant to the topic. CSIRO141-14983789 CSIRO139-09015831 CSIRO134-11651748 CE-040 Southern Surveyor The RV Southern Surveyor supports research across Australia's vast ocean territory and adjoining oceans. The vessel is a National Facility that is available for charter by marine scientists. It is a platform for oceanographic, geo-scientific, fishery and ecosystem research. CSIRO141-04317784 CSIRO185-05520772 CE-041 solar energy CSIRO is undertaking a solar research program to enable us to move to a renewable energy supply. The National Solar Energy Centre has been established to research, develop and demonstrate world-leading solar thermal. Current CSIRO research focuses SolarGas, solar heating and cooling systems, organic solar cells, solar cell efficiency, storage of solar energy and the integrations of solar energy with current energy systems. CSIRO148-04661866 CSIRO138-11063507 CE-042 ocean currents and conditions CSIRO is monitoring Australian ocean conditions to increase our understanding of ocean processes and their influence on our climate. Current areas of research include; ocean heat transport and circulation, the Antarctic coastal region, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that connects all of the major ocean basins to the south of Australia and the Indonesian Throughflow. Research describing oceans conditions, currents and the hydrological cycle would all be relevant to the topic. CSIRO135-03414822 CSIRO124-07467254 CSIRO145-10189691 CSIRO139-02692775 CSIRO185-10705181 CE-043 resilin A team of CSIRO scientists have copied resilin, the elastic protein that facilitates flight and jumping in insects. Resilin is a protein that never wears out. The new resilin rubber has near-perfect resilience and CSIRO is currently exploring the possibility of using it in biomedical implants. CSIRO147-01342115 CSIRO144-16177407 CSIRO139-03983125 CSIRO146-15707783 CE-044 rabbits The introduction in 1950 of myxomatosis wiped out 99 per cent of Australia's rabbits and recovered the wool and meat industries within two years. CSIRO is now developing the strain of meat rabbit that selecting for traits of prime economic importance to meat rabbit production. Resources describing pest management, myxomatosis and Crusader meat rabbit would all be relevant to this topic. CSIRO145-16310991 CE-045 cloud seeding Cloud seeding is a way of trying to artificially generate additional rainfall from clouds. In 1947 CSIRO scientists conducted the first successful cloud seeding experiments, making rain fall near Bathurst, NSW. CE-046 recycled water Water reuse has the potential to be a major part of the total water cycle in Australia. CSIRO researcher focuses on using injection wells to put extra water into natural aquifers, to artificially recharge the groundwater. Resources describing water reclamation, grey water, recycled water, water management and aquifer recharge would all be relevant to the topic. CSIRO115-10828578 CSIRO145-13680350 CSIRO115-10845509 CSIRO140-15078278 CSIRO117-09312660 CE-047 invasive plant species CSIRO research is helping to manage the increasing threat and damage from invasive alien species. CSIRO research areas include the risk assessments of potential exotic pests, designing crops resistant to known threats, border protection and management of impacts and threats from invasive species. CSIRO145-01076966 CSIRO145-09071770 CSIRO139-11886835 CSIRO139-11725066 CSIRO140-03134137 CE-048 polymer bank notes CSIRO helped develop the world’s first polymer banknote, creating the most secure currency in the world. CSIRO's expertise in polymer and synthetic chemistry was used to develop a non-fibrous and non-porous plastic film, which the banknotes are printed on. This material gives high tear resistance and a longer lifetime than paper. CSIRO145-10634137 CSIRO145-09420609 CE-049 atmosphere CSIRO research investigates three main areas relating to the topic of living atmosphere. CSIRO seeks to develop its air-quality science with maximum community benefit for a healthier atmosphere, to understand the composition and sources of our changing atmosphere and thirdly, to understand the land and atmosphere systems which will inform and improve natural resource management and climate predictions. CSIRO145-15596248 CSIRO145-02817415 CSIRO145-02853112 CSIRO120-01949967 CSIRO140-02498478 CSIRO140-06484033 CE-050 air pollution CSIRO atmospheric scientists are measuring, monitoring and analysing air pollution. CSIRO's air-quality science provides understanding of air pollutants, guidance for managing air quality and improved management tools. The Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, located in remote north-western Tasmania, provides vital information about changes to the atmospheric composition of the Southern Hemisphere. CSIRO145-16135941 CSIRO144-16031155 CSIRO141-02994489 CSIRO144-16285399