What do bouncing balls, dancing robots, a 'digital' patient, and heavy mining processes have in common? The answer is Dr Richard Xu, a Charles Sturt University lecturer in computer science at the School of Accounting and Computer Science at Bathurst, who describes himself as "more an engineer than a researcher".

A world renowned agronomic researcher has exchanged her position in a leading US institution to establish ground-breaking studies into weed control in inland south east Australia, based at CSU.

Lean on a saleyard fence or in a market anywhere in the world and you will hear farmers, graziers and fishers discussing the values of the latest ideas, methods and technology in their industry. But you rarely see scientists in these informal meeting places which are so important for information exchange among these groups.

As our world threatens to become a warmer place, according to the International Panel for Climate Change, a senior Charles Sturt University researcher investigates how the big picture could affect some of the world’s smallest inhabitants – and our health.

He’s a man who knows water and lives his ideas to tackle one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the world: how to save water in an economically sustainable way.

A Charles Sturt University researcher studying a rare owl in southern Australia has found it is barely hanging on in its natural habitat, after recent assaults through major drought and bushfires.

Ben Ovenden is the son of a Riverina rice farmer in regional NSW and has experienced first hand the highs and lows of rice cropping. He has seen weeds strangle rice seedlings and has watched as tough weather conditions battered plant growth – all of this has fuelled Ben’s interest to identify what makes one rice seedling stronger and more resilient than the next.

Australia’s rural communities are well behind their metropolitan cousins in screening for complications from diabetes. A Charles Sturt University research group is developing cost-effective methods for bringing specialist diagnostic tools to rural and remote health clinics to address problems with the rapidly growing disease, particularly among older Australians.

Australia and New Zealand are cruising comfortably down the information superhighway, but their Pacific Island neighbours are being left behind, according to Charles Sturt University research.

The mysteries of the universe are being revealed in classrooms around the country through a new project from Charles Sturt University which allows school students to study and photograph planets, stars and even galaxies.