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IN the wake of the New Zealand coalmine disaster, West Australian company HiSeis is developing specialised technology that could lead to detecting the next Super Pit and save lives in the process.

WINTHROP Professor Eric May has won the West Australian 2010 Early Career Scientist of the Year award.

THE technology used to make buoyancy products from very small foam balls is proving to be a worldwide winner for a Perth-based firm

THE University of Western Australia launched its second car in the REV (Renewable Energy Vehicle) project earlier today.

A LOCALLY made invention that has the potential to save mining operations more than half of their drilling water requirements has won the major prize at the 2010 WA Innovator of the Year Awards.

SCIENTISTS from Curtin University’s Department of Petroleum Engineering are hoping a newly-commissioned project looking into the fundamentals of exploiting tight gas reservoirs will pave the way for enhanced domestic gas production and security of supply in Western Australia.

THE State Government has injected funding into three new low-emissions energy projects, expanding Western Australia’s capability to shift toward a greener future.

SCIENTISTS from the CSIRO have developed a new infrared technique allowing for quick onsite detection of oil in rock, soil, silt and sediment.

A UNIQUE CSIRO project is using Western Australian supercomputers to advance coal mining on an international scale for both the industry and the environment.

A NEW research centre at the University of Western Australia has been heralded as a gateway for industry and government to connect with academia to solve the challenging and complex issues facing today’s resources sector.