Professor Brent McInnes shares the history of AusGeoChem and discusses its upcoming rebrand to AuScope EarthBank – a new name that reflects the platform’s international reach and commitment to open science.
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Using NCRIS-enabled laser technology, a study on the 2021 La Palma eruption demonstrates how analysing magma chemistry over time can enhance volcanic monitoring and forecasting, potentially mitigating future eruption hazards globally.
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We are excited to share with you our 2023 highlights! Thank you to everyone in our national geoscience community who has helped take us closer to our vision of a sustainable and resilient future.
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Discover AuScope’s highlights of 2022, from HQ and our Projects, as strategic steps towards realising a sustainable and resilient nation underpinned by predictive geoscience.
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AuScope and the twenty seven research infrastructure organisations that make up the NCRIS network are proud to enable a breadth of Indigenous research and help build wider and deeper engagement with Indigenous scientists and communities around the nation.
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Have you heard of forensic seismology, the emerging field that studies human-made Earth vibrations, including nuclear explosions? Our AuSIS team recently stepped into it in collaboration with the RAAF to better detect unexploded bombs.
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Since 2004, NCRIS has enabled a wealth of research excellence, making it both headline-worthy and a critical pillar of the Australian economy. Leading economists agree.
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Take a dive into the top AuScope enabled science papers of 2021! Here we present a collection of newly published geoscience research that captures a breadth of new knowledge, from the depths of ancient oceans to the spinning edges of asteroids. Excitingly, this new knowledge will contribute to ongoing learning about our shapeshifting planet.
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Discover AuScope’s highlights of 2021, from HQ and our Projects, as strategic steps towards realising a sustainable and resilient nation underpinned by predictive geoscience.
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In November 2021, Chalice Mining Limited released a maiden resource statement for the Julimar polymetallic mineral deposit in WA — an exciting milestone for Chalice on the path to delivering palladium, nickel, copper and platinum for clean energy technologies. Equally impressive is the decades-long backstory to the Julimar discovery, with NCRIS enabled seismology at the heart.
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Our spectrometry wizards at Macquarie University’s MQ GeoAnalytical laboratory (MQGA) are at it again, innovatively applying their new age-dating technique to novel science challenges outside of the geology domain.
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AuScope exists within a network of twenty seven science organisations that ensure Australian researchers have access to cutting edge national research infrastructure. We are excited to showcase here how each organisation is supporting advanced manufacturing.
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Hold onto your coffee cups and comfort the dog. This morning’s earthquake in southeastern Australia, which is perhaps the largest in the region in 200 years, thankfully has not yet caused any injuries. It has, however, provided AuScope geoscientists with the opportunity to investigate this record-breaking moment. Here are their thoughts!
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What do fast wifi, aerogard and HyLogger have in common? All three are CSIRO science innovations, but the third you may not know, despite its fifteen-year history and far-reaching positive impact on the planet about to unfurl. With early NCRIS investment via AuScope, the quiet achieving HyLogger has changed the game for critical minerals hunters.
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Discover AuScope’s highlights of 2020, from HQ and our Projects, as strategic steps towards realising a sustainable and resilient nation underpinned by predictive geoscience.
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AuScope and twenty seven other NCRIS organisations are preparing Australia to anticipate, manage and adapt to our changing climate and the risk of bush fires. The National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) makes this vital research possible and helps develop Australia’s risk management and science innovation.
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AuScope is proud to work alongside a number of other NCRIS organisations to enable research innovation across the sciences and technology. Often, we are connected via domain-specific challenges, but this year, we are connected by a global challenge: tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. From microscopy to computation and urban mapping, here’s how we are enabling timely and translational research.
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Discover our 2019 highlights, from engaging the national geoscience community to build a 10-year investment strategy and 5-year investment plan, to gaining $5M to upgrade a SHRIMP ion microprobe, and reconstructing Game of Thrones’ geology in GPlates.
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Partners, Geoscience Australia set to lead the charge on two world class projects.
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Australia’s base of geoscience and geospatial – or, Earth science – knowledge and capability is crucial to our economic, social and environmental future.
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