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Solar powered visitors. ☀️ This week, while on their NSW Regional Roadshow, the Western Sydney Solar Team dropped into our Paul Wild Observatory in Narrabri for a visit. We were happy to give the team a tour of one of the dishes that make up our Australia Telescope Compact Array. Learn more about this powerhouse of Australian astronomy: https://lnkd.in/gHv_ZewM 📷 | Isabella Warland

Plug on in. 🔌 From charging time to safety, our experts have answered your most pressing electric vehicle (EV) questions. Whether you're feeling EV-curious or just like to have all the facts, we've got you covered. Charge up your EV knowledge: https://lnkd.in/guM3z7eR

Tune in to innovation this weekend! 📺 Catch the next episode of Australia By Design Innovation to see how Sydney-based start-up, Eyes of AI™, is revolutionising dental imaging with cutting-edge AI technology. Eyes of AI, in collaboration with CSIRO's Data61, has developed pioneering AI models to detect and analyse dental abnormalities from radiographs, setting new standards in dental imaging. On this weekend's episode, we hear from our researcher and SME champion, Dr Dadong Wang, as well as Dr Megan Sebben, our Kick-Start Program Manager, who join this Kick-Start and Data61 alum to witness their groundbreaking tools in action! 📆 Saturday 14 September 🕐 3:30PM AEST 📍 Network 10

Say cheese! 🧀 Do you enjoy consuming large quantities of cheese? You've got Józef Karol Czulak and our Division of Food Research to thank. Prior to the 1950s, cheese-making was considered an art. It was labour and time intensive, expensive, and the industry was very resistant to change. After joining our Division of Food Research in 1951, Józef led a team that mechanised the cheese-making process and revolutionised the industry. Bringing science and engineering to the process made it safer, faster, and cheaper. Read the whole cheesy story: https://lnkd.in/eH2HpFY5 📷 | Researchers testing the world's first mechanical cheese-maker in the late 1950s, with Józef in the background. #ThrowbackThursday

Celebrating women in tech. 👏 Congratulations to our 2024 Women in Technology Awards Finalists! We’re proud to announce our Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy is a finalist in two prestigious categories: the Public Sector Excellence Award and the First Nations Change Maker Award. Our groundbreaking ON Innovation Program has also earned a place as a finalist in the Excellence in Industry Leadership Award category We’re also thrilled to see Amena Khatun, PhD and Lauren Hanson from CSIRO's Data61 team nominated for the Emerging Tech Star category for their contributions to healthcare and space technology. Learn more about our incredible finalists: https://lnkd.in/e5TpQUjK 📸 | Dr Amena Khatun; Lauren Hanson; our ON Program team; a Young Indigenous Women’s STEM Academy participant.

How do we meaningfully engage regional communities in their net zero futures? 🌱 We've been at the Better Futures Australia Forum, exploring place-based net zero transitions. Key Australian industries intersect in regional communities. A just and equitable transition ensures that everyone — industries, SMEs, workers, and communities — benefits. Engaging regional communities in the design of their futures can help them navigate the net zero transition, while accelerating transitions in ways that deliver social, environmental and economic benefits. Here's how this is taking place in the town of Whyalla: https://lnkd.in/gTgTKS47

How do you get rid of unwanted party guests? Use vinegar. 👋 The Crown-of-thorns Starfish (COTS) is a significant threat to our beloved party host, the Great Barrier Reef. The starfish has as many as 21 arms with poison-tipped 'thorns'. Each adult starfish can eat 10 square metres of coral annually. Since 2015, our scientists have played a leading role developing the science underpinning COTS management. One surprising innovation has been the quick and effective "single shot" method of culling by injecting starfish with vinegar, or a bile salt solution. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/g2EizcDV 📸 | Dr Rick Abom

The 2021 Global Methane Pledge set a bold target: reduce methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. 📉 While over 150 nations have committed, representing more than half of global methane emissions, recent research reveals emissions are still rising at record rates. The latest findings from the Global Methane Budget show human activities are driving two-thirds of these emissions. But this is a problem we can address. Methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas so is a good target to curb climate change. There are methods for cutting methane for every sector. This includes oil and gas, agriculture, waste management and more.

Innovation across borders. 🤝 Our RISE Accelerator program supports startups and SMEs with innovative technologies looking to expand between Australia and India. Delivered in partnership with the Atal Innovation Mission Official , NITI Aayog, the program offers online and in-person learning, expert mentorship, and in-country travel to help scale your innovations in a new market. Applications for our Climate Smart Agritech cohort, which focuses on technologies and solutions that enhance agricultural productivity and resilience, are open until 15 September 15. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/d4vTPfuv

Snake ssseason is here. 🐍 Snakes emerge from their winter hiding holes when the weather warms. But will a warming planet mean more encounters with our scaly neighbours? Evidence suggests climate change could make snakes come out of hiding earlier. But it’s also likely to cause population declines or shifts in the long run, as snakes adjust to the new conditions. Read the story: https://lnkd.in/gydBa4WN 📷 | Western Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus occidentalis), Damian Lettoof