Western Local Land Services together with Centre for Invasive Species Solutions is encouraging anyone with an interest in Malleefowl to come along to a Malleefowl mound monitoring training event where participants can be informed and help one of Australia’s most unique native birds. The training event will give participants the …
Read More »The colour of money: How the Royal Canadian Mint is using cutting-edge laser technology to give coins a surprising new look
Special five-kilogram silver coins produced by the Royal Canadian Mint show the famous schooner the Bluenose with the sky behind it tinted pink, blue and many shades in between. A new technique called ‘plasmonic colouring’ uses pulses of laser light to alter the surface of metals to give them bright …
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