ScienceNetwork WA

AN ECU PhD student is researching Fly-in, Fly-out (FIFO) employed families with adolescent children and the impact a temporarily absent parent has on parent–child communication.

EDITH Cowan University natural sciences lecturer has explored the potential of WA’s pit mines to become rehabilitated lakes for conservation, recreation, and farming.

GREEN energy technologies are demanding considerable amounts of finite resources to be effective and have experts warning societies built on renewables will ultimately prove unsustainable.

ALUMINIUM producer Alcoa has developed a sustainable way to biodegrade oxalate, a by-product of the alumina refining process.

TWO North American palaeontologists are surveying the dinosaur track way on the Dampier Peninsula’s western shore, north of Broome.

SUSTAINABLE energy is being put on trial to power Multi-Effect-Distillation (MED)—a form of desalination that is not commonly used.

RESEARCH may be leading industry closer to a zero carbon emissions planet with further investigations into carbon dioxide (CO2) geo-sequestration.

WA RESEARCHERS are studying the state’s unique biodiversity hotspots in search of a specific type of metal-loving plant that could have a range of applications for the mining industry.

THE Gold Technology Group (GTG) is making metallurgists' jobs easier with new ways to maximise ore extraction.

AN award-winning mining exploration tool has helped locate nickel and other metal deposits worth billions to the WA mining industry.