Blog archive: Science
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Sydney dust storm analysed by Museum mineralogist
Australian Museum mineralogist Ross Pogson took no time at all to analyse the mineral content of the dust that swept across Sydney this morning, enveloping the city in an eerie red blanket.
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Snails in 3D
Find out about a new technique that can build three-dimensional models of the internal anatomy of microsnails and other tiny specimens.
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Virtual Museum of the Pacific
A virtual platform is being created to unlock the Australian Museum's world-renowned Pacific Collection for a global audience.
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National Reserve Biodiversity Survey
Scientists and volunteers, with support from government and business, joined forces to undertake a species discovery survey of the Charles Darwin Reserve in Western Australia.
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First census of Australian coral reef polychaetes
To learn more about the types and distributions of polychaete species inhabiting Australia’s coral reefs, Museum scientists are conducting a census, using specimens from museum collections and new material to be collected during expeditions in 2009.
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Intergenerational communication is the way forward
The International Children’s and Youth Conference on the Environment. Daejeon, South Korea provides an opportunity for adults, youth and children to work together on climate change.
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In South Korea
Seoul city and the week ahead for the International Children’s Conference on the Environment.
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Adventures in South Korea
The International Children's Conference on the Environment run by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program).
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Taxonomists share their expertise for biosecurity
Quarantine scientists recently attended an Australian Museum workshop to improve their skills at identifying invasive Diptera, a large order of insects, many of which pose a threat to Australia's biosecurity.
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Cracking the'genetic code' of gem stones
A research team led by Dr Lin Sutherland, a Senior Fellow in Geoscience at the Australian Museum, has completed a major study on 'genetic' signatures in Australian sapphires and rubies. The study combines precise trace element
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157 years of Australian Museum science at your fingertips
Researchers around the world will have full online access to 157 years of scientific knowledge published in the Records of the Australian Museum.
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Eel biodiversity region discovered
Analysis of specimens collected in the North West Coral Sea has shown that the area has many marine eel species and some are new to science.
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Swimming with the big fish, studying the small
Imagine trying to track in the open seas the migration of fishes that are only a few millimetres to a centimetre long.
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X-ray specs: viewing artefacts in a new light
Using the latest technologies, archaeologists are digging for new insights into Indigenous trading routes.
