The balancing act of health research and privacy (Podcast 02 Nov 2010)

In an effort to help researchers negotiate the mountain of literature and legislation surrounding privacy in medical research, CSIRO has painstakingly reviewed the available resources on privacy and confidentiality protection in health research.

Maths versus the flu: modelling the growth of an epidemic (Podcast 29 Oct 2010)

New methods for detecting disease outbreaks earlier have been developed in a collaborative effort between CSIRO and NSW Health. (6:30)

CSIRO’s take action activity on saving energy (Podcast 27 Oct 2010)

An innovative CSIRO program called Energymark is bringing Australians together to learn about energy and climate change issues, and discuss what they can do to make a difference. (7:04)

Outback Joe ‘almost saved’ by flying robots (Podcast 08 Oct 2010)

Finding ‘Outback Joe’ was serious fun for the international teams competing in the A$50,000 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Outback Challenge in Kingaroy, regional Queensland. (7:19)

Warming waters increases invasive range of northern fish (Podcast 01 Oct 2010)

Scientists are reporting significant changes in the distribution of coastal fish species in south-east Australia which they say are partly due to climate change. (4:53)

United against a killer: taking a strike at stroke (Podcast 23 Sep 2010)

A new CSIRO collaboration research ‘cluster’ is poised to save countless lives by determining early indicators of stroke using biomarkers and the latest brain imaging technology. (7:03)

Wave energy surges forward under new CSIRO study (Podcast 21 Sep 2010)

Waves produced in Australia's southern oceans are a world-class, clean energy resource which could deliver a significant proportion of the nation’s future energy needs, according to CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship oceanographers, Dr Mark Hemer and Dr David Griffin. (4:51)

Getting a fix on the gulf oil slick (Podcast 08 Sep 2010)

CSIRO scientists have been testing prototype sensor technology in the Gulf of Mexico and helping monitor the leading edge of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (5:29)

The roll up revolution: wafer thin televisions and light panels (Podcast 18 Aug 2010)

Televisions might soon be rolled up like newspapers under new printed laser technology that could see wafer-thin mobile phones, lighting and solar panels. (6:25)

Computer games offering a healthy escape (Podcast 12 Aug 2010)

New computer game software developed by CSIRO is allowing game players to get more physically involved with their game of choice. (6:04)

Betting on the farm to feed the planet (Podcast 04 Aug 2010)

Australia agricultural feeds 60 million people globally, but maintaining this level of production against a backdrop of increasing population, climate change impacts, land degradation and the finite supply of productive soils, is proving to be a major challenge. (6:58)

The new, obscure and all but extinct rodents of Timor (Podcast 26 Jul 2010)

Archaeological research in East Timor has unearthed the bones of the biggest rat that ever lived, with a body weight around 6 kg. (6:57)

Lose weight online with CSIRO (Podcast 19 Jul 2010)

Australians who are serious about losing weight are being asked to help CSIRO develop a web-based diet management program. (6:14)

The nature of money: how to save more biodiversity (Podcast 12 Jul 2010)

A rethink on protected land and water areas could ultimately save much more biodiversity for the same amount of money, according to a new paper in the scientific journal Nature. (6:06)

Learning the facts of lice (Podcast 06 Jul 2010)

A multi-institutional team has recently sequenced the body louse genome, an achievement that will yield new insights into louse – and human – biology and evolution. (6:21)

Seeing the wood for the trees (Podcast 02 Jul 2010)

Plantation-grown trees in Australia provide us with construction timber, wooden furniture and paper products, but they also play a crucial carbon sink role, by absorbing about 10 per cent of the national green house gas emissions every year and locking it away. (5:11)

Black Tiger prawns deliver more bite (Podcast 28 Jun 2010)

From seafood platter to barbecue, this tasty new Black Tiger prawn is set to sizzle. (6:10)

Plant stem strength: being strong without muscles (Podcast 25 Jun 2010)

Tree strength and stiffness are important properties for breeding plantation trees such as Eucalyptus, as they determine their capacity to make better timber products. (5:52)

Gazing into the future world (part two) (Podcast 23 Jun 2010)

A new report from CSIRO has identified five global megatrends and eight megashocks that are changing the world. (5:51)

Gazing into the future world (part one) (Podcast 23 Jun 2010)

A new report from CSIRO has identified five global megatrends and eight megashocks that are changing the world. (7:39)

What price for Aboriginal food resources? (Podcast 18 Jun 2010)

A CSIRO partnership with northern Queensland’s Kowanyama Aboriginal people is helping to give voice to the value of rivers and wild food resources on Cape York. (6:19)

The clever country: boosting innovation in Australia's minerals industry (Podcast 16 Jun 2010)

Around A$80 million a year is spent on research and development to boost innovation in Australia’s minerals industry, making it one of the largest minerals research efforts in the world says CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Megan Clark. (8:00)

CSIRO’s supercomputer puts science in the game (Podcast 10 Jun 2010)

Housed in a data centre in Canberra's outer suburbs, CSIRO’s GPU cluster is one of the world’s fastest computers and the first NVIDIA CUDA Research Centre in the southern hemisphere. (5:06)

Native orchids on the road to recovery (Podcast 03 Jun 2010)

Scientists at the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (CPBR) in Canberra have spent the last four years researching the natural history of three rare and endangered orchids on Alum Mountain, Bulahdelah NSW. (6:00)

Six telescope hook-up delivers stunning image of Centaurus A (Podcast 26 May 2010)

To demonstrate the possibilities of an Australian hosted international Square Kilometre Array Telescope, six radio telescopes across Australia and New Zealand have for the first time linked up to act as one giant telescope. (6:08)