Search Results for: Australia

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
AN AUSTRALIAN early warning device that monitors water quality in tuna cages and phones its information back to shore is proving to be a lifesaver for aquaculture fish stocks; the slightest change in conditions can wipe out millions of dollars worth of marine stocks and cripple sectors of the industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that deepening concern about terrorism following the September 11 attacks has led to tighter security in the civil aviation industry, but there have also been important implications for the shipping sector. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
A NEW oil spill response atlas (OSRA) has been developed in Australia which should help the petroleum industry minimise coastal and marine environmental pollution from oil spills.

The electronic mapping system developed by the Australian Marine Safety Authority (AMSA) measures and tracks the size, speed and direction of slicks.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
THE WORLD’S first large-scale conventional solar power station is to be built in the blisteringly hot Australian outback in a A$700 million (UK Pounds 270 million) project.

The station’s circular solar collector will measure 5km in diameter and the collecting tower will soar 1km into the sky.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
FARMED seahorses are being branded in Australia to save wild populations from being poached.

To stem the illegal depletion of wild colonies of seahorses in the oceans a seahorse centre was set up in Tasmania, where they are farmed for consumption.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
SCIENTISTS in Queensland, Australia, have been experimenting with crustacean blood lines to breed prawne that grow faster and produce the biggest specimens; they can now produce one measuring 30cm in length and weighing more than 450g.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
RESEARCHERS in Tasmania, Australia, claim they have developed the world’s first smart car that can actually override driver error and thereby reduce road accidents.

Their full sized prototype model has 25 sensors that can monitor everything from brake pressure to suspension dynamics, steering angle and engine parameters.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
ONE of the world’s most inhospitable deserts is yielding scores of unknown species that have existed since the time of the dinosaurs.

They have been discovered in the Simpson Desert in central Australia, where summer temperatures reach 50C and where there is no rain for months, sometimes years.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
AN AUSTRALIAN team has invented a new particle separator that could have a major impact on the mining industry.

Researchers from the University of Melbourne, have developed the machine, after studying in great detail how compounds, including ores, avalanche naturally under gravity when in a tumbler.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
RESEARCHERS at the University of Tasmania, Australia, have developed the world’s first smart car that can override driver error and reduce road accidents.

“In terms of a comprehensive central processing unit working as an artificial brain to make driving safer, this is a world first,” said project leader Dr Vishy Karri.…