#Research Infrastructure

A view of a river in remote outback Australia from above. The view of the river and surrounding bush takes up most of the image, with a the horizon in the top of the picture. The terrain is mostly forested and flat with some small hills in the distance on the top right hand corner. The left of the river has a large expanse of sand flats with trees growing through these sand flats.

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.

Microscopy image of zircon (ZrSiO4) grains acquired at Microbeam Laboratory showing fine scale growth zones.

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.

Characterisation image showing natural mineral iron-oxide nodules taken with the Maia x-ray imaging tool.

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.