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Friday, May 24, 2013
Bushfire readiness explored in Perth Hills
RESEARCHERS investigating how people prepare for bushfires have found residents expecting to hear fire warnings through official channels showed less preparedness with house resistance actions.
Agriculture & Food
WA land owned increasingly by conservation and mining
RESEARCHERS say an increasing amount of land in Western Australia is being managed for environmental conservation, howev...
Environment & Conservation
Fire history estimated for Great Western Woodlands
A NEW method for estimating the time-since-fire in infrequently burnt woodlands in the Goldfields has been developed by ...
Fisheries & Water
Science and industry come together to manage dredging
THE WA Environmental Protection Agency have pulled together major players from science and industry to initiate a progra...
Health & Medicine
First aid courses key to burn knowledge and treatment
THE value of regular first aid refresher courses has been highlighted by a cross-sectional study, which shows recent fir...
Industry & Resources
Advanced test developed to detect risk of toxic drainage
WA’s ChemCentre has begun a research initiative to further understand and curb Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), one of the lead...
Space
Inner workings of supernova revealed: hi res images
THE highest resolution images ever obtained of a supernova remnant are giving astronomers insights into how these massiv...
Technology & Innovation
Low concentration phosphorus recovery perfected
A NOVEL approach to the biological recovery of phosphorus from wastewater has been developed by the CSIRO Land and Water...
Aboriginal Science & Knowledge
Indigenous knowledge offered for climate change adaptation
RESEARCHERS have been studying traditional Indigenous knowledge of ecology and weather with the Mirriwoong people of the...
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