Scientists from Curtin University have used an NCRIS-enabled analytical technique, normally applied to rocks, in a different way; determining the concentration of metals accumulating in the scales of snakes living in urban wetland environments. The results are concerning, but the non-lethal approach to tissue sampling will be advantageous in the future.
Read MoreIn our second webinar, we heard learned about the vast McNaughton SHRIMP collection in Western Australia, and previewed the fast-growing AusGeochem Platform.
Read MoreThe Government of Western Australia announced a $3.2M co-investment with AuScope and Curtin University today to enable the replacement of a 27-year old instrument at the John de Laeter Centre (JdLC), allowing researchers to continue to unveil secrets of the universe.
Read MoreRecently, scientists at Curtin University analysed samples from the second-largest asteroid in our solar system, Vesta. We had a hand, quite literally, in preparing samples for this analysis at the John De Laeter Centre. But even more exciting than handling extraterrestrial samples are the researchers’ findings about Vesta’s early life.
Read MoreAuScope thanks the Australian Government for new funding to replace age-dating instrument that critically underpins natural resource discovery and frontier planetary science.
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