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Rainforests – Australia’s green cathedrals

Starting in the 1950s, the research of Len Webb and colleagues, from the Rainforest Ecology Section of the CSIRO Division […]

Dung bettle program publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Dung bettle program. Books Tyndale-Biscoe M, 2001, ‘Common […]

Hydraulic fracturing in mining publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Hydraulic fracturing in mining. Patents Jeffrey RG, 2000, […]

Pulsars publications

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Pulsar surveys and the discovery of the double […]

Dieter Plate with the Wool Foundation Eliza Forlonge medal presented to him in 1993

Sirospun

The development of Sirospun technology by Dieter Plate and colleagues from the Division of Textile Industry in the 1970s was […]

Drawing of two ducks

Waterfowl in Australia

Harry Frith’s life spanned a period in Australian society when perceptions about native animals and plants changed from one of […]

Val Dyadyuk

Valeriy Dyadyuk

Biography Val Dyadyuk was born in Ukraine (formerly a republic of the USSR). From an early age, he became interested […]

In 1930 black disease was considered to be the most serious infectious disease affecting sheep in Australia.

Black disease vaccine for sheep

Black disease, or infectious necrotic hepatitis, is a fatal toxaemia of sheep. In 1930, it was considered to be the […]

Image highlighting the award of the CSIRO Chairman's medal to the bovine and ovine genomics research program in 2010

Deciphering the cattle and sheep genomes

The turn of the millennium heralded the remarkable achievement of the sequencing of the human genome. This was a major […]

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