An eight-year project by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development to improve fertiliser use on-farm and deliver environmental benefits has received national industry recognition. The Whole Farm Nutrient Mapping project, which has soil tested and nutrient mapped more than 600 farms from Bremer Bay to Gingin, has been assessed
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Research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B on Wednesday by Albert Le Floch and Guy Ropars of French University of Rennes claims dyslexia may be caused by the way the photoreceptors in their eyes are arranged. Co-author Ropars said, "Our observations lead us to believe that we indeed
Read MoreAustralian Research Council (ARC) Chief Executive Officer, Professor Sue Thomas, congratulates the recipients of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science, including those whose research has been supported by the Australian Government through the ARC. The annual Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are considered Australia’s most esteemed awards to recognise and
Read MoreRecent research by the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has examined how populations of waterbirds are tracking across the Basin and has found signs that the historic steady decline may be halting. MDBA Executive Director Environmental Management, Carl Binning, said the delivery of environmental water across the Basin, especially when used to
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CSIRO collaborated with The Nature Conservancy and 14 other institutions on the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , which forms the most comprehensive assessment to date of how greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by and stored in forests, farmland, grasslands and wetlands. The top three land
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The discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics this year. The discovery of these ripples in space-time, produced by massive, accelerating bodies, like orbiting black holes (which cannot be seen directly) or neutron stars, confirms a prediction made by Albert Einstein in 1916. Now, a
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The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE), with assistance from ANSTO, has recently returned from a study tour of Japan to investigate the use of advanced radiation therapy for cancer using heavy ions at particle therapy facilities. Japan has been using the techniques since 1994 and is considered
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A new NASA study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen in at least 2,000 years. Scientists suspected the 2015-16 El Nino -- one of the largest on record -- was responsible, but exactly how has been
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The 2017 Pantry Blitz biosecurity surveillance campaign has once again been hailed a success, with report numbers exceeding as last year’s inaugural event. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development received nearly 2600 reports from throughout the State and beyond, during the Blitz last month. Principal entomologist Rob Emery said the reports would
Read MoreMurray cod, Trout cod and Macquarie perch populations in the Basin are all improving from increased flows and better habitats. Drawing on recent research undertaken by government agencies, universities and community groups, the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has examined how populations of native fish species are tracking in the Basin. MDBA Executive
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