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Riding the rails to an efficient freight system

Scientists available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Read the release in Bahasa Indonesia.

From 2016 a specially-equipped standard railcar will be rocking and rolling along the tracks of East Java. It will have carefully positioned sensors to detect its movement during normal operation, including its displacement and vibration.

Improving the rail systems may have far-reaching benefits. Credit: Institute of Railway Technology (IRT)

Blood reveals Great Barrier Reef sharks as homebodies

Small Australian sharks have been exposed as bigger homebodies than previously thought, in a study that took an existing chemical tracking technique and made it work for Great Barrier Reef sharks.

Dr Sam Munroe in the field — *Dr Sam Munroe working in the field, Cleveland Bay, Queensland*

The study found that the travel history of the Australian sharpnose shark was written in their blood—with chemical ‘fin-prints’ showing they tended to stay within smaller areas than previously believed.

“Small-bodied sharks that are both predator and prey, such as the Australian sharpnose, may be particularly important links between food webs,” says lead researcher Dr Sam Munroe, who studied the sharks while at James Cook University in Townsville.

“Information on their movements can improve our understanding of how the ecosystems function, while also helping us predict species most at risk from the impacts of a changing environment.”

Upaya menuju ketahanan pangan

Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris.

Fish form a large part of the diet for many living on small islands. Credit: Australia Indonesia Centre

Jumlah ikan yang ditangkap para nelayan Indonesia semakin berkurang. Apapun alasannya, ini merupakan masalah besar bagi penduduk pulau-pulau kecil karena 90% sumber protein yang mereka berasal dari ikan.

Membangun sistem angkutan kargo yang efisien

Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris

Gravitational waves herald a new era in physics

In 1915, Einstein’s theory of general relativity presented a new way of understanding how the Universe worked.

It was a whole new way of thinking about time and space—but it was all theory.

Over the intervening century, nearly all of Einstein’s work has been proven. Except no one could find the gravity waves—dubbed ‘the drums of heaven’ by some physicists.

Until now.

Our international science journalists’ dinner

On Sunday 14 February for journalists at the 2016 AAAS, Washington DC

Forty of the world’s leading science journalists will join me for a good dinner, Australian shiraz, and a briefing on some of the best of Australian science on Sunday 14 February 2016 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington DC.

Science in Public’s Australian Dinner has become a minor tradition during the AAAS. It enables Australia to build on the links with international science reporters which were created when Melbourne hosted the World Conference of Science Journalists back in 2007.

Our guests in 2015 included:

The science editors of the Economist, BBC TV News, Financial Times, Asahi Shimbun, The Sun, and reporters from the BBC, Daily Mail, the London Times and others.
The executive producer of PBS Nova, the ABC’s Robyn Williams and David Fisher.
Freelancers filing for dozens of publications and websites including Science, Nature, Discovery, National Geographic.
The heads of Research America and Research Sweden, the director of the World Federation of Science Journalists, representatives of the UK and Australian Science Media Centres, of the EuroScience Open Forum, RIKEN, and the IgNobels.
Australian scientists speaking at AAAS including representatives of CSIRO and ANU.

Our partners in past dinners have included the Australian Government’s industry department, Australia’s SKA team, Inspiring Australia, COSMOS and the Australian Science Media Centre. We welcome partners who share our interest in sharing the best Australian science achievements with the world.

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Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris.

Jumlah ikan yang ditangkap para nelayan Indonesia semakin berkurang. Apapun alasannya, ini merupakan masalah besar bagi penduduk pulau-pulau kecil karena 90% sumber protein yang mereka berasal dari ikan.

Para ilmuwan bersedia untuk diwawancarai dalam Bahasa Indonesia dan Bahasa Inggris

Over sixty-five million Indonesians live off the grid. But what does that mean in the era of micro-grids, batteries and efficient solar panels? And how do communities change with 24/7 energy?

Providing reliable electric power is one of the keys to unlocking the potential of the remote islands and landlocked areas of Indonesia and of Australia’s north, a priority for both countries.

Researchers available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. More images below.

Today the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, Sudirman Said, will open the Indonesian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence in Bali, with Australia to be an important partner in the Centre’s new activities.

Lebih dari enam puluh lima juta rakyat Indonesia hidup tanpa listrik. Apa maknanya dalam era jaringan mikro, baterai, dan panel surya yang efisien? Bagaimana masyarakat berubah dengan listrik tersedia setiap saat?

Pasokan listrik yang andal adalah salah satu kunci untuk membuka potensi pulau-pulau terpencil dan kawasan pedalaman di Indonesia dan Australia utara, area yang diprioritaskan oleh kedua negara.

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