Tag: CSIRO

Larry Marshall in Q&A controversy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s commercialisation woes are more due to the private sector’s unwillingness to solve new problems rather than cultural issues at universities, according to Q-CTRL founder Michael Biercuk. On Monday...

The trust crisis in web standards

Posted on   |  by James Riley
New research from CSIRO’s Data61 unit has found that even the most popular and trusted websites are using chains of third-party scripts and services hidden from end users that make...

$10m boost for climate science

Posted on   |  by Seamus Byrne
Labor has unveiled new funding for CSIRO-led climate research at an election doorstop on Friday. Shadow industry spokesman Kim Carr, announced the promised boost at the CSIRO Climate Science...

Budget concerns for science leaders

Posted on   |  by James Riley
While the Coalition budget’s science announcements hold one marquee boost to the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), there was precious little to impress science leaders in other areas and...

Thodey bells the cat on the economy

Posted on   |  by James Riley
CSIRO chairman and business leader David Thodey has called out Australia’s urgent need to better prepare for a volatile and uncertain future in a speech that also previewed the...

CSIRO and Boeing: It’s beautiful

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO and global aircraft manufacturer Boeing have marked their 30-year anniversary with 20 new research projects worth more than $6 million. It’s the largest research portfolio in the...

Data models for energy consumption

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The CSIRO has significantly bolstered the scope and ambition of its energy consumption data collection and analysis work with the launch on Thursday of a new research program being...

Data61 builds new disease tracker

Posted on   |  by Aimee Chanthadavong
A new tool has been developed by CSIRO researchers to identify when and where a breakout of infectious disease identified overseas, such as dengue and measles, might spread in...

Stability key for science outcomes

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It started so well. A quantum computing professor, Michelle Simmons, was named Australian of the Year and for a moment 2018 looked like it would be a bright and...