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    CSIRO has launched a new research department "Minerals Down Under" to keep the Australian resources industry and its employees at the cutting edge up to 2030.

  • Flagship funding will not face Razor Gang slash-up

    Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has pledged the government's ongoing support for a substantial CSIRO innovation program, after reports late last week that it intended to lower the organisations budget by cutting hundreds of millions of dollars out the initiative.

  • Aussie link-up eyes off supermassive black holes

    A first-time collaboration between Australian, Chinese and Japanese scientists has allowed new high-resolution images of black holes to be produced by linking together radio telescopes.

  • Mars Rover laser tech to boost Aussie mining

    An instrument developed for analysing minerals on Mars may be used on earth to help the Australian resources industry.

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    CeBIT Australia is on again for 2007 with hundreds of IT products and services on display in addition to the conference, keynotes and forums. Join us as we take a photo tour of the exhibition halls.

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    A look at some of the people and stands from CeBIT 2006.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

  • Distributed computing: Power grid

    Distributed computing, which harnesses the power of multiple CPUs, grew out of scientists' and academics' needs for processing power, but it is rapidly developing commercial applications. ZDNet Australia examines the power grid.

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  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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