New Technologies

CSIRO researchers are developing vaccines and investigating other alternatives to in-feed antibiotics for livestock. These new products will improve animal health and welfare and reduce the risk of drug-resistant bacteria.

CSIRO research, with collaborators and industry, is revolutionising the treatment of influenza and other viral diseases with drugs of pinpoint precision. Using computers, they are designing drugs that 'lock' onto critical unchanging sections of the viruses and stop them causing infection - even if they mutate.

A revolutionary new process for feeding molten metal into casts will cut the cost of making metal parts.

CSIRO’s hairpin RNAi gene silencing technology promises to revolutionise molecular biology and the way some diseases are treated in the future.

Land and vegetation monitoring is now available to users on their own properties.  This is based on more than a decade of research and experience in analysing remotely-sensed (satellite) data for monitoring land condition.

CSIRO and Orica Watercare have come up with an environmental first - an enzyme-based product that rapidly breaks down specific pesticide and herbicide contaminants.

CSIRO’s Evolver™ technology isolates and cultures specific microbes. This technology has applications in the bioremediation, pharmaceutical, chemical and agricultural industries.

CSIRO has developed techniques to control the methane gas emitted during coal mining, helping to prevent spontaneous combustion and increase the safety and productivity of mines.

Developments in microencapsulation technology are creating new applications and opportunities in the food and pharmaceutical industries.