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01 Breakthrough

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SEARCHING OUR SEWAGE FOR SARS-COV-2

Sewage analysis can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, in a population days before positive cases or clusters show up. Our researcher Paul Bertsch explains how sewage testing works.

02 Research

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MINING HYDROGEN’S CLEAN FUTURE

Hydrogen is a promising zero-carbon fuel. While many hydrogen systems are in the demonstration phase, the mining sector is set to be an early adopter.

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AUSTRALIA’S RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE

Our new COVID-19 report identifies opportunities for business and industry to leverage science and technology to support economic recovery and resilience.

03 Discoveries

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04 People

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Science in lockdown

What is it like to work for Australia’s national science agency during lockdown? The answer involves mice, kids and lots of webinars.

JOBS

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

We’re looking for a food process engineer to develop safe and novel foods, ingredients and beverages for the Australian food industry and global consumers. Melbourne based.

Power to research

As an Electrical Power Systems Researcher, you will contribute to applied research activities in electrical power systems and energy network modelling and control. Newcastle based.

05 Participate

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STEM CAN’T BECOME A COVID-19 CASUALTY

Expertise doesn’t grow overnight. Australia’s response to COVID-19 has been led by scientists we invested in decades ago.

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Tackling COVID-19 in Indonesia

We’re leveraging big data, artificial intelligence and natural language processing to help Indonesia tackle the pandemic.

Extras

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