Tag: CSIRO
Disrupting insect’s mating cycle key to protecting Australia’s farms
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists are working on a sterile insect technology and new trapping systems to rid farms across Australia of...
Plus Pendant: the future of lighting
Almost 140 years have passed since Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and swept aside the good old gas lamps and oil lanterns. While...
Diversification workshop for Australia’s auto industry
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the...
CSIRO begins search for new Chief Executive
CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Megan Clark is set to finish her term with Australia's top scientific body this December and the organisation is on...
Australian chemicals and plastics industry underpinning the country’s manufacturing future
Last year the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association (PACIA) launched its Strategic Industry Roadmap designed to pinpoint the fundamental needs for achieving a vibrant...
CSIRO and bike company team up to make customised 3D printed bikes
CSIRO and Perth-based bike maker Flying Machine have teamed up to make a bicycle which uses metallic 3D-printed parts.
The lugs of the bike, which...
CSIRO 3D prints titanium dragon for little girl; apologises for lack of ‘dragon research’
Scientists at the CSIRO were more than happy to grant the wish of 7-year old Sophie Lester from Queensland who wrote to them about...
CSIRO scientists and horse podiatrists successfully develop a breakthrough 3D printed horseshoe
Scientists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), in close collaboration with horse podiatrists, have successfully developed a custom designed 3D printed...
Are manufactured nanomaterials an environmental safety hazard?
Nanomaterials are particles that are between 1 and 100 nanometers in diameter. A nanometer is one millionth of a millimeter. Small as they may be,...
Find out how 3D printing created the perfect lightweight titanium horse shoe
Scientists from the CSIRO have produced a set of purple titanium shoes for one Melbourne race horse using 3D printing technology.
The horse which was...