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Astronomer Karen Lee-Waddell with telescope

A star gazer’s quest to inspire others

As a child a drive in the countryside changed Dr Karen Lee-Waddell’s life, turning her gaze to the stars. Now she wants to inspire others.

Marine dinoflagellate Ceratium

175,000 marine microbes – squint and you’d still miss them

DNA from the deep has revealed a stunning diversity of invisible life in Australia’s oceans.

Interronauts | CSIRO podcast Ep 16: Endangered sexy ibis, Marine Heatwave Gary, gold in eucalypts, and Antarctic flora

Josie, Jessie, and Jesse discuss the need to name marine heatwaves, the waylaid northern bald ibis, distal clues to gold deposits, the plants of Antarctica and speak with one of our wearable tech experts, Samy Movassaghi on her research and career path.

Close up of hand swiping on smartphone

Swiping your identity: how you’re being tracked

Our new research reveals that personal identity can be compromised through some surprisingly devilish techniques – tracking the way we touch and swipe on smartphones.

Australian scientists have discovered a new type of anti-cancer drug that can put cancer cells into a permanent sleep.

Time for bed: Anti-cancer drug putting cancer cells into a permanent sleep

Australian scientists have discovered a new type of anti-cancer drug that can put cancer cells into a permanent sleep.

group of king penguins in antarctic landscape

The cold and the beautiful: five cool things we’ve been up to in Antarctica

Australia and Antarctica go way back. 96 million years, in fact. Lately, we’ve played a key role in some of the biggest scientific discoveries in Antarctica.

Row of plant mixing tanks

Gems for reducing plant wear and tear

Solutions like our ‘tornado in a tank’ are extending the life of plant equipment to save industry millions of dollars, while cutting energy and water use.

larry Marshall presenting at the AFR summit

Artificial intelligence and Australia’s industries of the future

When it comes to moonshots, Artificial Intelligence, and its ability to create Society 5.0, is one we should be reaching for.

A professional cyclist riding up a hill at speed

Using synthetic biology to catch synthetic athletes

The dizzying amount of banned substances and doping techniques that are known to be in use by some athletes in elite sports has made the challenge of detecting them immense. Using synthetic biology to re-engineer a common diagnostic tool, we might be on the verge of a revolution in our capacity to catch cheats.

How to grow crops on Mars if we are to live on the red planet

If humans are to live on Mars they will need a stable supply of food. Earth plants are not suited to the Mars climate but we can engineer plants that are.

Could the Aussie barbeque go up in smoke?

In summer we all crank up the barbie and in winter we stoke the fireplace. But is all this smoke causing us harm? Our air quality experts are on the case.

lady on fire during stunt performance

The secret science behind movie stunts

Find out what it takes to be a stunt performer on the big screen (hint: it takes a bit of science know-how).