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Sustaining powerplants to meet future demand

Sustaining powerplants to meet future demand

Australia’s demand for electricity is growing while the country’s power infrastructure ages. A new software program developed by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation is aiming to help coal-fired power stations improve their efficiency and sustain a reliable output.

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Microscopes, bugs and biosecurity

Microscopes, bugs and biosecurity

If they all carried passports or had fingerprints, checking the identity of potentially harmful pests would be easy. Because they don’t, scientists have set up a series of microscopic checkpoints that cast a digital net over our valuable crops.

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Genetically modified food explained

  • 18 November 2011
Genetically modified food explained

Take a close look at the potential of genetically modified food and the impact they may have on our health and environment.

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Something fishy about old ears

  • 20 October 2010
Something fishy about old ears

Scientists are using otoliths, the ear bones from fish, to monitor their efforts to restore the distressed Australian Bass population in the Snowy River.

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Are we flushing phosphorus and the future of farming?

  • 12 October 2010
Are we flushing phosphorus and the future of farming?

Every time we flush the toilet, we are literally sending one of Earth’s most vital chemical elements down the drain.

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How science facilitates productivity in the agricultural sector

  • 09 October 2009
  • by Professor Beth Woods, Assistant Director-General, Innovation; Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.
How science facilitates productivity in the agricultural sector

The big issues in the agricultural sector can only be addressed by multi-disciplined research teams working with industry to better understand the critical connections between productivity and sustainability.

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Feeding the future: Sustainable agriculture

  • 08 October 2009
  • by Nova Science in the News
Feeding the future: Sustainable agriculture

With the population exceeding 6.7 billion and growing by over 6 million a month, the need to protect agricultural land and to increase food production has become critical. Does sustainable agriculture have the answers?

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