• Black and white electron microscope image showing hexagons and circles.

    CSIRO is creating materials with specific properties, which are long-lasting and suitable for specific applications.

  • Image of the globe from space showing Australia, and the sun rising over the horizon.

    The bioeconomy will provide a platform to a sustainable future by providing security of food, water and energy supplies, reduced emissions, and the sustainable use of both biological and non-biological resources.

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  • Raft technology.

    A fact sheet with information for submissions for the Materials of the future, science of today conference. The conference will explore Radical Polymerisation and CSIRO’s RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer) technology, which has generated intense international scientific and industrial interest. (1 page)

  • Pictures of the fractions of carbon from rapidly decomposable raw pieces of plants and micro-organisms scanned using electronic microscopy.

    Soil organic matter contributes to a variety of biological, chemical and physical properties of soil and is essential for good soil health.