Posts by Alex Mead

Cows fed small amount of seaweed burp 86 per cent less methane in trial

ABC Online, Other, 18/03/2021, Nick Kilvert Feeding cattle a small amount of a seaweed species found in Australia has been […]

Bushfire prediction tool can simulate dangerous ember showers and fire-generated thunderstorms

ABC Online, Other, 18/03/2021, Tyne Logan On January 6 and 7, 2016, a dark, dense and rotating plume of smoke […]

CSIRO’s Data61 and other agencies develop data privacy tool

CIO Tech Asia, Other, 17/03/2021 CSIRO's Data61, the digital specialist arm of Australia's national science agency, the NSW Government, the […]

Chief scientist wants impact from research

Augusta Margaret River Mail, Other, 17/03/2021, Rebecca Gredley Australia's scientific research should not just end as academic writing but lay […]

‘Science works best in times of crisis’: Chief Scientist eyes key challenges

Sydney Morning Herald, Other, 17/03/2021 Governments should trust science to deliver the answers on pressing problems such as food security, […]

Shape-shifting robots in the wild: the DyRET robot can rearrange its body to walk in new environments

The Conversation, Other, 16/03/2021, David Howard & Charles Martin Authors David Howard Research Scientist, Data61 Charles Martin Lecturer in Computer […]

Call for applications for the 2021 APEC ASPIRE Prize

The Australian Academy of Science invites applications from Australian researchers for the APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research and Education […]

Busy year for the Field Explorer is based at Australian Plant Phenomics Facility’s The Plant Accelerator in Adelaide

SeedQuest, Other, 16/03/2021 The APPF’s FieldExplorer completed imaging in 16 field trials in its first year of operation and included […]

Technology regularly outperforms expectations – so what does this mean for future decision-making?

ClimateWorks Australia, Other, 15/03/2021 Senior Project Manager Tom Yankos looks back at a decade of ClimateWorks modelling. He finds that […]