Agriculture
Improving funding for mining and exploration companies
Key conversations at Science meets Parliament helps small Australian mining and exploration companies engage and work with MPs
Australia’s drone revolution: our emerging UAV market
Drones are set to revitalize crops, preserve the environment and prevent disasters.
Drones increase crop yield
TechConnect connects small to medium-sized businesses with researchers developing innovative technologies on campus.
Securing Australia’s agricultural future
The Plant Biosecurity CRC has paved the way for a world-class plant biosecurity system based on nationally coordinated, funded and enduring science.
Preventing soil erosion with nuclear know-how
ANSTO is using nuclear science in a bid to understand the causes and rates of soil degradation throughout Asia and the Pacific.
The Disruptors
Australia’s productivity is poised on a knife edge as traditional boom areas bust. But four new industries are set to take up the strain.
BioClay to create healthier food futures
University discovery ‘BioClay’ helps plants protect themselves from pests without the environmental and human health impacts associated with pesticides.
Blockchain tech shaping spatial information
The CRC for Spatial Information has compiled the best blockchain ideas from PhD students taking part in their 2016 “Solvathon”.
Ensuring shelf-life right from the word ‘grow’
Curtin University collaborators have made a discovery that is set to make food and flowers last longer.
App makes research accessible to grapegrowers
Wine Australia has released a new online tool to help winegrape growers determine the rootstocks that will best suit their vineyard, based on the most recent research.
Horticulture Innovation Centre to increase farm efficiencies
Horticulture Innovation Australia has opened a new innovation centre with the University of Sydney, bringing together researchers and roboticists to support Australian growers.
IP at the root of Australia’s wheat industry
With 2016 being the UN International Year of Pulses, the Australian government takes a look at how IP in the development of new grain species has impacted the economy.
Securing the future of grain
Australia and China partner form a new research partnership towards grain biosecurity.
Peanut genome key to non-allergenic products
Aussies with a peanut allergy may soon be able to enjoy peanut butter without a reaction thanks to plans to develop a non-allergenic ‘super’ peanut.
Australia’s biosecurity future
Australia calls for leadership and coordination to avoid gaping hole in Australia’s biosecurity.
Quinoa processing removes bitter defence
Farmers have figured out how to grow quinoa to survive harsh Australian conditions, and then make it palatable.
Fighting poverty and championing equality
Laura Boykin is using science to help farmers in East Africa fight the devastating effects of whiteflies on cassava crops.
Thrill of discovery
Biochemist and passionate supporter of gender equality in science, Marilyn Anderson, challenges the norm.
Real-time irrigation monitoring
CRC CARE has developed new soil monitoring technology to provide farmers with cheaper, more immediate irrigation feedback.
Australia’s biofuture
Australia is well positioned to take advantage of opportunities in the economic growth area of biocommodities.
CO₂ cuts nutrition
Climate change will have an impact on plant growth and the nutritional value of the food we produce.
Protecting Australian wine
Rapid DNA analysis is ensuring early detection of pests posing a significant threat to commercial grapevines.
Farm tech saves harvest
Advances in farming technology are being credited for an average grain harvest in South Australia despite a devastating fire.
Potential in the north of Australia
The potential of Australia’s untapped north is compared to America’s west 200 years ago as international and domestic investors meet in Darwin.