All posts tagged "biosecurity"
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334News and ViewsArtificial intelligence to help weed out pests
The development of an artificially intelligent weapon to help in the fight against Australia’s $5 billion weed scourge will receive $1.97 million...
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437ResearchFinding 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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389ResearchWhat is the cost of soil-borne crop disease?
Agriculture Victoria is calling on growers and agronomists to contribute to a national project seeking to determine the potential soil-borne diseases of...
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598News and ViewsFrom 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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410ResearchFour 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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443News and ViewsSpotted something unusual? Now what?
There’s a new course available on Plant Health Australia’s Biosecurity Online Training (BOLT) site on the topic of reporting new pests and...
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433ScienceNew 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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467ResearchWhat mice want
Research is revealing new insights and understandings about mice in Australian broad acre cropping systems, especially in terms of their food preferences...
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475ResearchDesigning Behaviour Change Interventions for Invasive Animal Control: A Practical Guide
Changing behaviour using effective interventions
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830News and ViewsRabbit virus program wins top award
The Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) is honoured to receive one of the Australian Governments’ top biosecurity awards for its role...
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Keeping innovation happening in challenging times
How is COVID-19 affecting iMOVE's operations and drive for innovation in the transport sector? iMOVE MD Ian Christensen provides his thoughts.
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Fighting the rise of the (antibiotic) resistance - GetSTEM
New research is helping to detect early warning signs of drug-resistant bacteria to prevent antibiotic resistance. Since the 1940s, antibiotics have saved millions of lives. Long considered saviours in modern health, antibiotics improve patient safety in many lifesaving medical procedures including....
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Novel error-correction scheme developed for quantum computers - GetSTEM
Experimental quantum computers are plagued with errors. Here Dr Arne Grimsmo from the School of Physics and colleagues from RMIT and the University of Queensland offer a new way to reduce errors across different types of quantum hardware. Scientists in Australia have developed a new approach to redu...
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A landmark study analysing truck driver performance behind the wheel has provided a world-first window into fatigue and distraction among truck drivers. http://getindustry.com.au/2020/03/19/world-first-study-tests-distraction-and-fatigue-in-truck-drivers/
Brain temperature can now be measured using light - GetSTEM
Light could replace invasive techniques to measure brain temperature, eliminating the need to place a thermometer in the brain when treating a range of neurological disorders. Researchers from Swinburne have teamed up with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Spain and Stanford University in the Unite...
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Keeping innovation happening in challenging times https://t.co/991vvMeIAF
Keeping innovation happening in challenging times https://t.co/991vvMeIAF
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Fighting the rise of the (antibiotic) resistance https://t.co/EdSrdxoaYr
Fighting the rise of the (antibiotic) resistance https://t.co/EdSrdxoaYr