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aquaculture

Meet the Fresh Scientists of 2010

26 May 2010

Come along to hear the Fresh Scientists of 2010 talk about their discoveries at one of our public events.
You will be able to hear them at the following venues:

Monday 7 June, 7pm at the Duke of Kent for Fresh Science at the pub.
Thursday 10 June 11-12 or 12:30-1:30 at the Melbourne Museum at the free [...]

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Fresh Scientists of 2010

26 May 2010

We are pleased to announce the Fresh Scientists of 2010:

Peter Domachuk, School of Physics, University of Sydney
Naomi McSweeney, School of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Australia
Andrew Dowdy, Bureau of Meteorology
Julien Ridoux, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne
Bridget Murphy, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney
Dave Ackland, Department of [...]

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How lobsters create their colours

26 July 2009

A team of Queensland researchers have discovered that lobsters, prawns and other crustaceans have evolved a unique way of making colours: making the complex patterns appreciated by biologists and connoisseurs of seafood.
Their work will help with conservation, aquaculture and may even lead to a new food colourant. And all the colours come from just [...]

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Dinner for tuna: tracking tuna dining habits across the Indian Ocean

8 June 2009

Southern bluefin tuna can’t even have a quiet snack without CSIRO researchers knowing. They’ve developed a way of tracking when the tuna feed and also where, at what depth, and the temperature of the surrounding water.

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Does my asinina look big in these genes?

15 July 2008

The world’s fastest growing abalone—the tropical donkey’s ear abalone, Haliotis asinina—can be bred to grow rapidly and reliably for aquaculture, Queensland biologists have found.

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Tuna research in 350-tonne waterbed

16 August 2007

 Bluefin tuna use three times as much oxygen as other fish their size, making them more difficult to culture. That’s just part of the valuable information uncovered by University of Adelaide PhD student, Quinn Fitzgibbon and his colleagues in a study where they monitored live tuna swimming inside a 350-tonne “waterbed”.

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How sea slugs fall in love

14 August 2007

Scott Cummins and his colleagues at The University of Queensland have uncovered a potent mix of chemicals which acts like a cross between Chanel No 5 and Viagra-but only if you are a sea slug.

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Patterson’s curse may be a saving grace for salmon

10 August 2006

Fish make omega-3 from noxious weed
Australian scientists have found that fish fed oil extracted from one of Australia’s most damaging noxious weeds, Patterson’s curse, produce health-giving omega-3 oils for human consumption.

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150 cleans a day keeps the parasites away

10 May 1999

New work to be published in Nature shows that small ‘Cleaner fish’ really do help keep reef fish healthy by picking parasites from them up to 150 times a day.

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