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CSIRO Medals 1993 – Research achievement – Dr Robin Bedding

Robin Bedding (CSIRO Entomology). For his work using nematodes to control insect pests.  

Plants in Action (1983)

We tend to think of plants as being essentially stationary incapable of movement other than that generated by the wind. But all plants do move as they grow and respond to aspects of their environment.

CSIRO Medals 2005 – Research achievement – Total Wellbeing Diet research team

Manny Noakes, Peter Clifton and colleagues (CSIRO Health Sciences and Nutrition). For the body of scientific research that led to the development of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet.

Structural Fatigue and Air Safety (1949)

A film which outlines new developments in structural testing of aircraft wings by the C.S.I.R.O.’s Division of Aeronautics.

CSIRO Medals 2002 – Lifetime Achievement – John Brooks

John Brooks (Australia Telescope National Facility). For his technical leadership in operating the world-leading Australia Telescope National Facility radio telescopes […]

Plascon: The 99.9999% Solution (1992)

This video shows how a high-temperature plasma torch can revolutionize methods of toxic waste disposal.

The C.S.I.R. Research Facilities – Part 4: Secondary Industry (1946)

The fourth of five films on C.S.I.R.’s research facilities, produced for the Commonwealth Scientific Conference held in London in 1946.

Rabbit calicivirus (1999)

European rabbits have spread uncontrollably to devastate the Australian environment. However a new virus is starting to take effect.

Window into Space: The Parkes Radio Telescope (1965)

How does a radio telescope work? What do radio signals tell us about the Universe?