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How Australian Science Supported The Voyager I Spacecraft
You may have read this morning that the first man-made object has passed into interstellar space in the form of the Voyager I probe, but what you might not have known is that Aussie scientists helped get it over the line. Here’s how.
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CSIRO Defends Its Allegedly Dodgy Behaviour Without Mentioning The Transgression Once
It’s a special kind of PR exercise to defend yourself in the court of public opinion without mentioning the crime you’re accused of. Today’s lesson comes from the CSIRO after it’s alleged dodgy dealings with a pharmaceutical company were exposed late last week.
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The CSIRO Just Lost A Submarine
The CSIRO is spearheading underwater research with awesome inventions like the Starbug: an autonomous, unmanned submarine that trundles around the ocean blue feeding data back to scientists on a nearby boat. It’s essentially an underwater laboratory that records almost everything about the oceanic environment around it. The only problem is that the CSIRO scientists just…
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CSIRO To Get Wi-Fi Windfall
The CSIRO’s settled a patent lawsuit over its invention of Wi-Fi technology with AT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA. The good news for Australian science? $220 million dollars of research money.