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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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Surfing in Alice Springs

16 August 2006

(before NT and SA collided two billion years ago)
TWO BILLION years ago, the Australia we know today existed only in pieces. Northern, western and central Australia all belonged to different continents.

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The life and death of diamonds

8 August 2006

Could Australia rise to the top of the diamond pipe again? Macquarie University researcher
Craig O’Neill believes his research could open new diamond fields across Australia.

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Did the earth move for you?

16 August 2005

Recent Australian earthquakes
In the past 100,000 years, Australia has been hit by at least five large, landscape-changing earthquakes, a young Melbourne researcher has found.
Each was at least 10 times as big as the 1989 Newcastle earthquake, which caused $1.5 billion damage. And he expects there to be more.
Mark Quigley, from the University of Melbourne’s School [...]

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Undersea volcanos unlock secrets of rich ore deposits

1 May 2000

Researchers in Monash University’s Australian Crustal Research Centre have made a discovery that could have important implications for pinpointing where to look for large deposits of metal.
While the Earth’s crust had previously been thought to be the source of most metals, these new findings suggest that they in fact originate much deeper, in the [...]

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Voyage to the Centre of the Earth – by Computer

10 May 1998

Geologists fascinated by the scum of the earth: giant computer models have replaced Jules Verne’s fevered imagination in producing images of the centre of the Earth.

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Time rolled back on an alien landscape

10 May 1998

How does the Earth’s surface evolve? A geologist is using 3D animated reconstructions to explore ancient landscapes.

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