The Latest Breaking News from CSIRO

New additive shows promise in taming cattle emissions

Backers of a new livestock feed additive say its breakthrough key ingredient provides a low-cost solution for reducing methane emissions from cattle.

AAP · Feb 19, 2025

Sydney’s archaic sewerage system a ‘significant’ source of microplastic pollution into the sea

Malabar wastewater plant discharges 5.4bn to 120bn microplastic particles each day, CSIRO report says, prompting calls for more advanced treatment processes

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2025

New fast radio burst detector could sift through 'a whole beach of sand' to solve big cosmic mystery

The CRACO radio telescope system processes a massive amount of data in real-time, so it can detect fast radio bursts and sporadic neutron stars with very high efficiency.

Space · Feb 7, 2025

‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human

As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a “digital twin” of the entire country.

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2025

Chief scientist lights fuse on nuclear energy debate

The nation's new chief scientist is on a collision course with a possible coalition government over its contentious pre-election pledge for nuclear energy.

AAP · Jan 27, 2025

Sights on bounty hunters to help cull feral pests

A minor party believes it is closing in on funding that would pay money to people for each feral animal they can kill in a pest control program.

AAP · Jan 6, 2025

Cyclone Tracy 50 years on: a ‘town in terror’ and the unsung heroes of Darwin’s Christmas disaster

Roofing flying through the air, windows shattering, the terror as houses disintegrated – these are the motifs woven through the stories of Tracy survivors

The Guardian - AU · Dec 24, 2024

Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2024

The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail

The Coalition has released long-awaited detail on its nuclear energy policy, claiming its plan to build seven nuclear power stations would be A$263 billion cheaper than Labor’s renewables-only approach.

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024

The glaring gaps and unanswered questions in the Coalition’s nuclear plan and costings

Peter Dutton’s vision doesn’t address the climate crisis anytime soon and cost savings are based on a comparison with Labor’s proposal that produces 45% more electricity

The Guardian - AU · Dec 13, 2024