ScienceNetwork WA

SCIENTISTS at Edith Cowan University have come up with a unique way to monitor water quality and temperature in desalination plants using fibre optics, beams of light, and even extremely thin layers of gold.

Humanitarian network systems and information should be marked with protective symbols to protect them from cyber warfare the same way as their physical counterparts, security experts have proposed.

INSIDE a grey, vertically striped building at Technology Park in Kensington, the finishing touches are being put to WA’s – and one of Australia’s – most sophisticated and powerful supercomputers.

IN HIS new role as Minister for Science, Premier Colin Barnett took time to brief ScienceNetwork on his vision for science in WA.

ANALYSING insects within a waterlogged corpse might seem an odd way to gather clues but WA forensic entomologists have found it to be one of the best methods of accurately estimating a time of death.

SUPERCOMPUTERS—and their processing capacity—have the potential to boost the productivity and competitive advantage of local businesses to meet real-world challenges, a conference has been told.

HIGHLY competitive cyber security games are part of an intensive training program at Edith Cowan University (ECU) hailed by Federal Science and Research Minster Chris Evans as the only training of its kind in Australia.

HOMEOWNERS can see exactly how much money they could save by installing solar hot water or power generators using a tool that calculates the amount of energy absorbed by the roof of their house.

AN INTERNATIONAL research project involving a local scientist has presented the results of a study which used the first non-destructive, three dimensional method of documenting binding attachments in fossil vertebrates.

A REVOLUTIONARY knitting machine using computerised, seamless V-bed knitting has been described as a major breakthrough by those involved in garment production.