News - GLOBE.gov Dec 17, 2012 The GLOBE at Night program is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution. The worldwide campaign invites citizen-scientists to record the brightness of the night sky by visually matching the appearance of a constellation like Orion with star maps of progressively fainter stars or using meters to obtain more precise measurements. Measurements are submitted to a central website by computer or smart phone. From these data an interactive map of all worldwide observations is created. There are five GLOBE at Night campaigns in 2013: January 3 - 12, January 31 - February 9, March 3 - 12, 2013, March 31 - April 9, and April 29 - May 8. Comments Please log-in to post comments
National Science Week 2012 » Schools theme for 2013 National Office The 2013 National Science Week theme for schools is A Century of Australian Science. Next year Australia’s national capital Canberra is celebrating its centenary. Many national scientific institutions are based in Canberra, including Mount Stromlo Observatory which was established in 1911. The Australian Academy of Science was founded in 1954 to recognise outstanding contributions to science. Canberra’s centenary will be a springboard to celebrate the history, development and progress of scientific endeavour in Australia from the period of the heroic exploration of Antarctica to areas of cutting edge research such as nanotechnology and biotechnology and the recently awarded Square Kilometre Array for Western Australia.
Melbourne yoghurt factory creates 200 jobs An expanded yoghurt factory in Melbourne's southeast will create 200 jobs, bringing good news to an area affected by recent company collapses. The 3000-square metre, $30 million Chobani Australia factory upgrade was officially opened today and will triple production at the Dandenong South factory. To watch a Q and A video with Chobani's founder, click here The upgrade is expected to create 50 manufacturing and management jobs and will create a further 150 jobs by the time the plant reaches full capacity in three years time. Victorian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said the plant would create jobs and put more Victorian dairy products on export markets. Advertisement Earlier this week, Gourmet Food Holdings and Waterwheel were placed in receivership. Last month, jobs at Dair Industries in Dandenong were placed in doubt with the collapse of car parts maker Autodom.
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