Posts by Alex Mead

Fighting Famine in Nigeria with modified Cowpea crops

ABC Online, Other, 28/09/2021 Too frequently, Nigeria faces severe food shortages and even famines. One of the major subsistence crops […]

CSIRO mission to add $10 billion to agrifood exports by 2030

FarmOnline, Other, 28/09/2021 The CSIRO has launched a new mission to capture $10 billion in additional value from Australia's agrifood […]

Lithium Energy Signs Science Deal On High Grade Burke Graphite

The Assay, Other, 27/09/2021, Colin Sandell-Hay Lithium Energy Limited (ASX:LEL) has engaged leading Australian science body the CSIRO to undertake […]

Emesent, CSIRO Data61 team come second in underground challenge

Mining Monthly, Other, 27/09/2021, Noel Dyson A team made up of Emesent, CSIRO Data61 and the Georgia Institute of Technology […]

Young great white shark washes up on Fowlers Bay beach, providing ‘rare opportunity’ for scientists

As the largest predatory fish in the ocean, it is rare to see a great white shark washed up on […]

Obituary: Mary Fama, mathematician who excelled in the face of great personal loss

stuff.co.nz, Other, 25/09/2021, Peter Fama and Andrew Duncan "They should never have let a woman do it" was a recurrent […]

National research Centre opens to secure minerals for the future

Hunter Headline, Other, 25/09/2021 The ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco-Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals (COEMinerals) will develop and commercialise […]

Aussies claim silver at ‘Robot Olympics’

West Australian, Other, 25/09/2021, Tracey Ferrier A technically brilliant team led by Australia's national science agency has kicked NASA's butt […]

Woolworths-backed plastic recycling disrupter in $30m raise

Australian Financial Review, Other, 21/09/2021, Simon Evans A company which is 25 per cent owned by supermarket giant Woolworths, with […]