Australia helps to redefine the kilogram
04 April, 2008Staff from the CSIRO’s Australian Centre for Precision Optics and the National Measurement Institute have played an integral part in redefining the kilogram.
Researchers create metal memory foam
27 December, 2007In the world of commercial materials, lighter and cheaper is usually better — especially when those attributes are coupled with superior strength and special properties, such as a recently developed material's ability to remember its original shape after it has been deformed by a physical or magnetic force.
Internet nutrition tool
06 July, 2007Sigma-Aldrich has enhanced its Bioactive Nutrient Explorer. This internet-based tool has been specifically designed to help nutrition and animal scientists, medical researchers, biologists and analytical chemists studying dietary plants and supplements locate the chemicals and kits they need to support their work.
Pesticide analysis
04 April, 2007The Zebron MultiResidue columns represent a solution for all classes of pesticides analysis. The columns were developed using two new stationary phases and each phase has been optimised to resolve a different set of analytes. However, both are good for a wide variety of pesticides.
Australia paves the way in international test reliability
12 March, 2007Sixty years ago this month, Australia developed a system of ensuring laboratory competence that has been adopted by more than 70 countries and led to the formation of the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA).
A new class of polymers
12 January, 2007 by Tracey BryantFor years, polymer chemistry textbooks have stated that 1,2-disubstituted ethylenes could not be transformed into polymers. However, University of Delaware (UD) polymer chemists were determined to prove the textbooks wrong
Food science goes nuclear
08 December, 2006 by Dr Elliot Paul Gilbert*Food science is going nuclear and The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), is currently commissioning a new world-class research reactor and neutron beam instruments
Sound chemistry
08 December, 2006For most of us, sound chemistry or sonochemistry is about the use of ultrasound in chemistry. The science has been around for about 80 years and now mainly focuses on the effect of ultrasound on reactions
Carbon dating early Buddhist texts
24 July, 2006ANSTO carbon dating tests of rare manuscripts dubbed the 'Dead Sea Scrolls of Buddhism' have confirmed the priceless texts are from the first and fifth centuries AD and could be the missing link in Buddhist history.
Investigating the molecular structure of foods
05 July, 2006Under an agreement signed between the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and CSIRO, scientists will seek to determine the molecular structure of the foods we eat.
Laser to break specific molecular bonds
19 May, 2006A team of researchers has achieved a long-sought scientific goal: using laser light to break specific molecular bonds.
First man-made fractal molecule
12 May, 2006All objects in nature are made of irregular molecules called fractals and scientists now have created and captured an image of the largest man-made fractal molecule at the nanoscale.
Improvement in poultry quality
26 April, 2006A test has been developed that can assess the robustness of the immune system in poultry by the Eureka E! 2692 molecular tests project.
Help for forensics with full-colour fingerprints
16 March, 2006In the future, forensic investigators may take full-colour fingerprints using new technology developed by a University of Toronto-led team of international researchers.
Scientific advances boost anti-doping campaign
08 February, 2006 by Peter BrownleeThe unprecedented anti-doping campaign for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne is aimed at making these Games the cleanest ever with thousands of tests being carried out on athletes in Australia and overseas
