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Identifying Seeds Found in the Australian Rain Forest

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:13:21 GMT

One of the most interesting and inspirational parts of the volunteer work I did as part of an Earthwatch investigation under the direction of Dr. David Westcott at the CSIRO field station in Atherton, Queensland, Australia involved seed identification.
Source: Associated Content

Mined a wealth of knowledge

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:28:10 GMT

JIM Woodcock, a researcher whose findings had a significant impact on Australia's mineral processing industry, has died in palliative care at Wantirna. He was 83.
Source: The Age

Marine ecosystems get a climate form guide

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The first-ever Australian benchmark of climate change impacts on marine ecosystems and options for adaptation is being released in Brisbane today.
Source: EurekAlert

CSIRO beefs up research with GPU cluster

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:16:42 GMT

A supercomputer which combines the central processing units (CPUs) found in traditional PCs, with more powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) will be launched by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Canberra...
Source: NetworkWorld

Australia, Drunk on Coal, Remains World's Largest Carbon Emitter

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:04:33 GMT

Dr Mike Raupach works in Marine and Atmospheric Research for Australia's peak scientific research organisation, the CSIRO. He was also a core contributor to the aforementioned Global Carbon Project.
Source: Treehugger

The oil-economy connection

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:59 GMT

Saudi Arabia’s oil production company is Saudi Aramco.
Source: Energy Bulletin

Technology designed to blast aliens in games now part of new computer cluster

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:26:33 GMT

Reports indicate that the technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (Graphics Processing Units) computer cluster that will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently than a desktop PC.
Source: Webindia123

Technology designed to blast aliens in games now part of new computer cluster

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:05:39 GMT

WASHINGTON - Reports indicate that the technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (Graphics Processing Units) computer cluster that will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently than a...
Source: Simple Thoughts

Quoted in 'Government 'censored' critical scientist'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:41:02 GMT

Christine Milne said in Herald Sun:

The fact of the matter is the CSIRO is nothing like the research organisation that it used to be

Quoted in 'Government 'censored' critical scientist'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:41:02 GMT

Eric Abetz said in Herald Sun:

There is no doubt that the Rudd government is now censoring the CSIRO

CSIRO's latest computer cluster gets its grunt from games

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:38:45 GMT

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:01:29 GMT

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses the meeting of the TERI-CSIRO project on solar cooling, an Indo-Australian Collaboration, in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Rudd is in India for a three-day visit.

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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:45 GMT

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivers a speech at the meeting of the TERI-CSIRO project on solar cooling, an Indo-Australian Collaboration, in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Rudd is in India for a three-day visit.