All posts tagged "Research"

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  News and Views

  CISS takes on exciting new role in the Environment and Community Biosecurity space

  The National Biosecurity Committee through the Environment and Invasives Committee (the NBCs sectoral committee responsible for environmental biosecurity oversight) has recently appointed...

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  Finding the ‘needle in a haystack’ with new portable DNA device

  A new smart-phone sized technology to quickly sequence DNA is being tested by University of Canberra researchers, through the Centre for Invasive...

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  Fast Facts

  Eggs provide 82% of daily vitamin D

  Vitamin D deficiency is common in Australia with almost a quarter of adults having a mild or moderate deficiency.

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  Farm Management

  Drought tolerant vines

  Wine researchers at the University of Adelaide are investigating drought-tolerant grape varieties from Cyprus for their suitability for Australian conditions.

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  Advancing the position of farmers

  A new Nuffield research report has put the spotlight on how different agricultural groups from around the world are structured and represented...

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  Fast Facts

  Egg industry to take the pulse of the nation

  Australians are invited to participate in an extensive nation-wide research program aimed at understanding attitudes towards the Australian egg industry.

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  News and Views

  From knowledge to know-how – motivating landholders to take management action

  Professor Don Hine and Dr Lynette McLeod are currently leading one of our Centre’s key behaviour change projects looking at how we...

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  News and Views

  Four in five wild dogs carry parasitic worms, study finds

  In the most comprehensive investigation to date, Australian scientists have declared that wild dogs in urban areas carry a range of parasites...

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  New biosecurity collective ready for action

  With the number of pest and disease threats that could enter our country rapidly growing, biosecurity champions from across Australia, New Zealand,...

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  World-first mango auto-harvester

  CQUniversity has built the world’s first mango auto-harvester, with field trials at Yeppoon of the first prototype achieving a 75 per cent...