Posts tagged National Geoscience Challenge
AuScope enabled petrophysics laboratory goes mobile

The Mobile Petrophysics Laboratory has found its groove and is rolling across the country. The first stop for this NCRIS enabled facility is the Geological Survey of South Australia where it will help scientists take a deep dive into the physical and chemical properties of rock core.

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Scales tell tales of toxic wetlands

Scientists from Curtin University have used an NCRIS-enabled analytical technique, normally applied to rocks, in a different way; determining the concentration of metals accumulating in the scales of snakes living in urban wetland environments. The results are concerning, but the non-lethal approach to tissue sampling will be advantageous in the future.

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