Kick-start your research

Funding and support for start-ups and small businesses to get your research project off the ground.

Contact SME Connect: sme@csiro.au

Towards net zero

The Towards Net Zero Mission will help Australian industry and communities prosper in a low emissions world through new economic, social and environmental value.

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CSIRO publishes 2023-24 GenCost report

A few of the outcomes of the report include: Renewables remain the lowest cost range of new build electricity technology, large-scale nuclear technology costs included for the first time and future wind costs revised upwards.

Find out more at csiro.au/gencost

60yrs of the CSIRO Phytotron

Monday 29 August 2022 marks 60yrs since the Phytotron Facility was opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

Introducing Donesafe

Donesafe is our new HSE digital system for the reporting of hazards, near-misses and incidents, replacing Lookin2it.

Find out more at my.csiro.au/Donesafe

Drought resilience

We're on a mission to reduce drought impacts with our partners in government, industry, the research sector and the community.

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Reconnect with Me

HS-Me Day 2021. Tuesday 19 October

Got to my.csiro.au/hsmeday for more info

Hydrogen Industry Mission

The CSIRO Hydrogen Industry Mission was formally launched in May 2021 and focuses on leveraging CSIRO's hydrogen research capabilities in partnership with government, industry and the research community.

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Back to school lunch tips to make healthy eating easy

No more soggy sandos! Try these tips to change up school lunches and keep kids and the whole family healthy.

CSIRO and Swinburne invest in green steel and mineral processing to help industry get to net zero

The new partnership will tackle global decarbonisation with innovative green steel and mineral processing research and development.

Towards net zero

The Towards Net Zero Mission will help Australian industry and communities prosper in a low emissions world through new economic, social and environmental value.

Visit csiro.au to find out more

We say NO to domestic family violence and abuse

Listen. Discuss. Provide. Share. Visit Domestic Family Abuse and Violence on MyCSIRO for more information or contact the EAP Domestic and Family Violence Helpline on 1300 338 465

For more information, go to my.csiro.au/DFVA

Collections

Australian National Insect Collection

The Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) is recognised both nationally and internationally as a major research collection. It is the world's largest collection of Australian insects and related groups such as mites, spiders, nematodes and centipedes, housing over 12 million specimens.

Space

Explosions in the sky: ASKAP detects 20 new Fast Radio Bursts

It took the world's telescopes 10 years to find approximately 20 Fast Radio Burtsts. Using ASKAP, a team of Aussie scientist have been able to find 20 in one year.

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Energy

Supercritical solar - new frontier for power generation

CSIRO has used solar energy to generate hot and pressurised ‘supercritical’ steam, at the highest temperatures ever achieved in the world outside of fossil fuel sources.

manufacturing

A booster shot for Australian biomedical start ups

Aussie biotech start-ups will soon have access to state of the art, early-stage biologics manufacturing facility making it faster for them to bring new life-saving treatments to clinical trials.

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Environment

Picture this: snap the sea for science

You can help scientists around the world monitor water quality by simply downloading an app and taking a photo of water when you see it.

Download the app at eyeonwater.org

Environment

Preventing farmageddon: new startup targets fruit fly

Our former researchers have founded a startup called RapidAIM to take their revolutionary fruit fly-monitoring technology to the world.

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Health

Australia, it’s time for a high tech health kick

We’ve got a 15 year plan to take Australian healthcare from flab to fab, one that could make us happier, healthier, and save lives and billions of dollars along the way.

Check up on our roadmap at csiro.au/futureofhealth

Health

Older Australians missing out on vital exercise to stay healthy

We conducted a national survey that revealed how the health of older Australians could suffer if they don’t flex their muscles at least twice a week.

Visit www.csiro.au/health

Tech

Red Belly Blockchain: faster, more secure and energy efficient

Red Belly Blockchain—a new variety of blockchain—blew expectations when it was first tested, outperforming the transaction rates of both Bitcoin and Ethereum and providing solutions to long endured blockchain bugs.

Find out more at www.data61.csiro.au

Oceans

Turtle ultrasound aims to uncover nesting sites

To better protect sea turtles, we are using ultrasound and tracking tags to detect where females go to nest, while also finding out what they get up to on the way.