Opening the Curtin on the beginning of life
03 July, 2008A Curtin University discovery challenges fundamental understanding of the processes active in the early history of the Earth. It suggests that life may well have appeared on Earth long before the period of heavy-meteorite bombardment believed by some to have initiated the emergence of life on Earth.
Aircraft bacteria levels and traveller health
02 May, 2008A study measuring bacterial concentrations in cabin air on 12 commercial passenger aircraft has shown that flying may be safer than we think. Elevated levels of bacteria were detected at several intervals during the flight, but they were common residents of human skin, dust and outdoor air.
The role of food in human exposure to antimicrobial resistant bacteria
18 April, 2008The European Food Safety Authority BIOHAZ Panel has launched a public consultation and a call for additional scientific data on the extent of how food serves as a vehicle for antimicrobial resistance.
Bikini corals recover from atomic blast
15 April, 2008Although the corals are flourishing around the atomic blasted Bikini Atoll, some species have not recovered.
Award for Australian seismologist
30 January, 2008A seismologist from The Australian National University (ANU), whose work could help forecast the damage path of future earthquakes, has been honoured by one of the world’s top scientific organisations.
Aussie bedrock indicates origin of earth's atmosphere
06 November, 2007 by Keiran Jones, JournalistCore samples from the Australian outback have helped American scientists piece together the events that spawned our planet's breathable atmosphere
The something in the nothingness
04 October, 2007Recent studies have shown that a vacuum, previously thought of as a state of total nothingness, is really filled with energy-hungry ‘virtual particles’ that could interfere with high energy collision experiments.
What, oh, what are those actinides doing?
22 August, 2007Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are uniting theory, computation and experiment to discover exactly how heavy elements, such as uranium and technetium, interact in their environment.
Environmental disasters and the RQF
07 March, 2007 by Janette Woodhouse, EditorI have been wading through information about the Research Quality Framework (RQF). The RQF is "an Australian Government initiative to formulate a world's best practice framework for evaluating research quality and the impact of research
Keeping clean may not always be wise
07 February, 2007 by Janette WoodhouseNo-one in my house suffers from asthma, which is really rather lucky. However, I have long been concerned that all the research that establishes over-clean houses as a potential trigger for the disease actually shows up my limitations as a housekeeper
Extracting ‘bioactives’ from agricultural and food processing streams
20 December, 2006Transforming products from agricultural and food processing streams into health-enhancing ingredients for use in a variety of foods and nutraceuticals is the aim of a $7 million Flagship Collaboration Fund Cluster involving CSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship, Monash University and the University of Melbourne.
Next stage for research facility at Curtin
11 December, 2006Stage two of the John de Laeter Centre of Mass Spectrometry at Curtin University of Technology has been lauched by Fran Logan, Minister for Energy, Science and Innovation.
Microbe DIY test kit
08 December, 2006The Melaklean Cleaner Air Products microbial test DIY kit can be used on process water, drinking water, waste water or recycled water, and gives an answer in 24 hours.
Safety implications of nanotechnology
21 August, 2006The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) has published a report reviewing the potential occupational health and safety implications of nanotechnology and nanoparticles.
Australians to tap into crop testing in Europe
02 March, 2006A company has been established in Adelaide to develop scientific techniques for genetic crop testing in Europe.
