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Listen to scientists from Australia’s leading scientific research organisation discuss their work in our podcast series. For our current CSIRO podcast please visit https://blog.csiro.au/interronauts/.

Research vessel Investigator under construction

New order: RV Investigator nears completion

In May 2009 the Australian Government allocated $120 million for a new ocean-going research vessel to replace the current Marine […]

Cupped hands holding BARLEYmax grain

Movement for more resistant starch in your diet

Consumption of resistant starch leads to positive changes in the bowel and could protect against genetic damage implicated in bowel […]

RV Southern Surveyor stren

Scientists see seafloor with sonar

Scientists are exploring new data processing technologies to handle vast streams of acoustic and video data being collected from the […]

A tributary to the Jorquera River in the Copiapó river basin

User agreement: Koshi River Basin

CSIRO scientists are applying their knowledge in transboundary river system management to improve the livelihoods of people living in the […]

A day old chick

CSIRO sends bird flu test kits to Asia

CSIRO virologists have prepared and distributed reagent kits to South-East Asian countries as part of a UN Food and Agriculture […]

Equipment at SynCat, CSIRO's Synfuel and Catalysis Research Facility

Being cool with waste

Scientists have developed the first prototype of a biomass powered refrigeration system that combusts waste products to generate electricity to […]

A deep-sea recorder on the RV Southern Surveyor

Sun, sea and pollution

In an effort to better understand the impacts of human activity on Australia’s coastal environments, scientists are using powerful computer […]

Atomic structure of the Alzheimer's disease Amyloid-β protein caged by four shark antibodies to stop uncontrolled amyloid plaque formation. Four interacting Amyloid-β fragments are outlined by grey atomic spheres.

Marking the markers of Alzheimer’s disease

Australian scientists are much closer to developing a screening test for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. 23 May 2013 […]

Dr Scott Watkins holding a sheet of flexible solar cells

Printing solar power like money

Scientists have produced the largest flexible, plastic solar cells in Australia – 10 times the size of what they were […]