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The fantastic Group 2 scientific equipment! (so far)

In 2013 we started purchasing of some of the Group 2 scientific equipment, with the help of our wonderful equipment champions. […]

Check out Investigator’s air chemistry and aerosol laboratories!

One of the new capabilities for Australia’s Marine National Facility research vessel is atmospheric research. Check out the plans, and […]

Found: world’s most mysterious bird, but why all the secrecy?

By Leo Joseph, Research Director and Curator, Australian National Wildlife Collection The Night Parrot has been called the “world’s most […]

Solar pole flip flop

You might have heard about the imminent reversal of the Sun’s magnetic poles, an 11-year long process in which the […]

Investigator at night

Our very own Dr Lindsay Pender, who is a member of the Future Research Vessel Project Team, snapped this photo of […]

Accelerating our dragon R&D program

When 7-year-old Sophie wrote to Australia's leading science agency and asked for a dragon, we knew it was time to step up our dragon R&D program.

Could Australia ever have its own Silicon Valley?

By David Ireland, General Manager: International, Precincts, Innovation Systems and Louise Osborne, Analyst: R&D Partnerships Silicon Valley is a bit […]

The 2013 pictorial reivew of RV Investigator!

So much has happened in the shipyard this year, in the construction of Australia’s new Marine National Facility research vessel, Investigator. […]

Seasons greetings!

Call Sign: Big Red One – Tracking Santa

For over 50 years, it has been the privilege of space tracking stations and air traffic control centres all over […]

Seriously wired!

A team of CSIRO staff members has been in Singapore to start the installation of Investigator’s sophisticated computer network. On the […]

Gaia: like a diamond in the sky

It’s a gem of a project, and almost literally made of diamond. Gaia, the European Space Agency satellite launched last […]