CSIRO can develop new, composite materials that can improve the design and fabrication of products, introducing new qualities such as lightness and corrosion resistance.

Providing a coordinated approach to materials design, creation, characterisation and application.

CSIRO is working with Australian company VR TEK Operations to design and develop a new, improved method of recycling waste rubber which could be used to make new tyres, industrial insulation, road pavement, flooring or geotextiles for retaining walls and embankments.

CSIRO scientists have joined one of the world’s largest biotechnology consortia to help develop crops which produce oils to be used by the chemicals industry as sustainable alternatives to those derived from the world’s non-renewable stocks of crude oil.

CSIRO Entomology is contributing to new bioindustries through research on industrial and environmental biotechnology, biomaterials, enzymology, sensory biology and microbial genomics.

Medical devices research occurs at the interface of biological, chemical, physical, electronics, engineering and manufacturing sciences. It utilises biological properties, processes and systems to develop new and clever materials, faster and more precise techniques, diagnoses and treatments.

Advanced materials improve the design and fabrication of products, introducing new qualities such as biodegradability, thermal and electrical conductivity, high-strength, flexibility and fire resistance.

We are helping the timber industry improve their products and how they make them.

This video illustrates the capabilities of the CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Fibre Science and Engineering Research Program, operating at Belmont, Geelong and Clayton, Victoria, Australia. (3:06)

A long term study of fleas, ticks and other insect pests in the livestock industry has led to the development of a new and highly efficient wound sealant following soft tissue surgery. Dr Chris Elvin, from CSIRO Livestock Industries, outlines how this medical breakthrough evolved. (5.09)

Mr Cameron Begley looks after the commercial and business interests of CSIRO Entomology.

Dr Duggan’s research focuses on optimising the biological activity of low molecular weight compounds to produce new therapeutic leads and early intervention agents.

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2010.

Farming Ahead magazine regularly features CSIRO's research for the agricultural sector. This is a list of CSIRO articles published in the magazine throughout 2009.