#Research Infrastructure

Noble Pursuit of Ancient Water Secrets
28 March 2019 - Scientists from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, can now test ancient groundwater up to a million years old with far greater accuracy thanks to a new facility.

Cubesat to lift veil on our environment’s extremes
8 Dec 2018 - Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, today announced that it would be extending its Earth observation capabilities by acquiring Australia’s first CubeSat designed to detect invisible infrared light.

A booster shot for Australian biomedical start ups
24 October 2018 - Lots of Australian biotech companies have to head overseas to manufacture their potentially life-saving drugs for clinical trials in Australia.

Scientists probe nanoscale lead reservoirs to date geological events
5 Sep 2016 - A joint research project using the new Geoscience Atom Probe Facility at the WA School of Mines, Curtin University has examined lead loss in zircons to determine the timing of different geological events stored in defects within the mineral.

Maia mapping guides mineral explorers
28 Aug 2016 - The Maia Mapper is our latest and most advanced instrument in our armoury in the search for minerals.