ScienceNetwork WA

AN ongoing Fly-In Fly-Out (FIFO) study undertaken by Murdoch University has found employee commitment is not linked to turnover within the industry.

WESTERN Australian based company Magellan Power has developed a unique device to address electricity fluctuations that occur with some alternative energy technologies.

Telstra WA Business Woman 2012 of the Year Julie Shuttleworth has tackled safety issues around underground mining tyre changing by helping bring a new invention to the market – the 'low profile tyre handler'.

MICROALGAE biofuel production is the focus of a new report prepared by Murdoch University and UWA, for the Centre For Research Into Energy For Sustainable Transport (CREST).

A GENDER specific mental health program focused on getting blokes to “open-up” is making its way to Western Australia.

A CSIRO report has highlighted that a lack of incentives and appropriate policies are hindering Australia’s uptake of Distributed Energy (DE), a readily available way of decreasing carbon emissions, increasing electricity and water efficiency, and creating billions of dollars in savings.

A MURDOCH University researcher and economist has used mathematical modelling to assess the impact of the carbon tax from original inputs through to supply chain on a birthday cake.

A PREVIOUSLY unexplored basin off the coast of Western Australia may soon become the focus of resource developers, after researchers discovered the area likely contains significant deposits of oil and gas.

WESTERN Australia’s concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) potential has been assessed in a world first study that has found previous assumptions overestimate realistic site suitability for the technology.

AIRBORNE monitoring for fibrous materials in northern Western Australian mines have recently found airborne concentrations is below legal workplace limits.