This white paper examines the current challenges for clean energy infrastructure and identifies solutions that industrial clusters, transport and logistics industries, and the wider clean energy value chain can jointly explore in order to accelerate its deployment. Thirteen new industrial clusters from Australia, Brazil, Colombia, India, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, …
about a million Australians have apologised to the nation's 300,000 aborigines over a policy which saw generations of children forcibly separated for their parents. Up to one million people are estimated to have signed the 'sorry books'. The Aboriginal flag flew from the National Parliament building in Canberra. However, John …
a confidential database of people being treated for hiv and their medical regimes will be set up in Australia later this year, to address concerns that thousands of hiv patients are not on medication. One of the first in the world, the database will record the number of patients who …
Geologists have discovered huge deposits of gold, silver, copper and zinc in the Manus Basin, part of the Bismarck Sea to the northeast of Papua New Guinea. These minerals were found while they were studying the formation of metal ores on the seafloor. A team led by Ray Binns of …
A portable pyramid capable of protecting people from being struck by lightning has recently been developed by researcher Mat Darvenzia of the University of Queensland, usa. Built of aluminium tubes, this curious device operates on the simple theory that when lightning strikes, the charge passes harmlessly through to the ground …
with an enormous land mass and a population of only about 17 million, few countries have a better chance of providing the answers for a sustainable economy and a fair society than Australia. But when Eddie Marbo, leader of the Mariyam people, an aboriginal community from Murray Island just off …
global emissions of greenhouse gases may pose serious threats to coral reefs the worldover, warn scientists. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (co2) are reducing the ability of coral animals to make the limestone skeletons that build reefs. This warning has come in the wake of a report from Australia's Great …
ever since Barry Marshall from Australia showed that stomach ulcer is caused by a germ and not by behavioural traits, there has been much progress on controlling this disease. Recent reports claim that the humble ulcer-causing bacterium may well be controlled by an oral vaccine. Furthermore, unlike all conventional vaccines …
Pacific Solar of Australia plans to develop a novel concept in solar technology that could allow solar panels to be plugged directly into the standard 240 volts (V) wiring system of a house
people in the city of Townsville, on Australia's eastern coast, are facing tough times. First, the city was devastated by high winds and severe floods. One person was killed and several houses damaged by the floods. And now, snakes, spiders and scorpions have become the latest threats to flood-hit northern …
scientists in Australia have recently developed a revolutionary new system that could reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 10 per cent. The system, the developers claim, converts tree and wood residues into electricity. Wood, the source of renewable energy for this system, is derived from residues …
On the role of the industry in environmental issues: The industry's only concern is with products and profits. By not involving people, environmental goals cannot be achieved. At the epa, I realised that the industry knows much more about production than government officials. Companies, when directed to comply with prescriptives, …
And now a window to keep out aircraft noise. Fergus Fricke and Ramin Mohajeri at the University of Sydney, Australia, have developed a window that responds to the sound of an aircraft by shutting. When the noise falls below a threshold, the window opens again. The invention could be of …
A FOSSIL jawbone, which was discovered in March near Inverloch, about 150 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, Australia, might change all that we know about the evolution of mammals. The established view is that almost all mammals - including humans - are placentals which originated in the northern hemisphere more than …
Artificial bays on the beach can effectively be used generate power from wave energy. Tom Denniss, an oceanographer in Australia, has developed a wave reflector that would produce energy at cheaper rate than those generated by coal-fired power plants. The reflector consists of a large parabolic bay that focuses a …
if you want to become a better tennis player these tips would certainly prove handful. Now Rod Cross, a physicist at the University of Sydney, Australia, has found that it is not a bouncy spot but a dead spot on the racket from where the powerful serves come from ( …
ACCORDING to a survey in Australia, opinion is divided among businessmen about the hardline stance of Prime Minister John Howard on greenhouse gas emissions. The survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Company Directors surveyed company directors of various business firms. They were asked whether greenhouse reduction targets should be …
according to a court judgement, almost 80 per cent of Australia's land could be subject to claims by aborigines. The Wik people of north Queensland had claimed title to pastoral land leased to white farmers in 1915. The court decided by a narrow majority in favour of the Wik people …
australia's Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics ( abare ) has said that poor rainfall in the eastern region of the country will lead to below-average crop yields. Stephen Beare, acting executive director of abare said this was because of the impact of El Ni
Scientists in Australia have claimed to have found the fossilised skeleton of what might have been the biggest bird that ever lived. The existence of the ostrich-like Dromornis stritone has been known for years, but the specimen found at Alcoota near Alice Springs, Australia, would be as heavy as a …
