Tag: research

A team of scientists at the University of Sydney have successfully demonstrated the potential of quantum technology in exploring new designs in material science, drugs, or solar energy harvesting by slowing down a process critical in chemical reactions by a factor of 100 billion times. 

Australian pharmaceutical firm Phebra and the University of Wollongong (UOW) have entered into a six-year collaboration agreement to carry out research and development (R&D) and trials of patented and targeted arsenic compounds for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemias and pancreatic cancer.

Dr Shervin Kabiri, a Mortlock fellow at the School of Agriculture at the University of Adelaide, has been awarded $400,000 as part of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Research Award scheme to examine the impact of perfluorinated chemicals (PFAS).

A researcher from the University of Southern Queensland has secured $1 million in funding through the 2023 Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships scheme to develop a new generation of high-performance thermoelectric energy harvesting technology.

Swinburne University of Technology has launched a $5.2 million supercomputer that will enable academics and collaborators across Australia to conduct innovative space technology, health, and environmental research. 

Researchers from the University of Sydney have shown that oil molecules retain their 'liquid-like' features when they are chemically bonded as an incredibly thin layer to solid surfaces, creating new opportunities for developing sustainable materials with non-stick characteristics. 

Biotechnology giant Moderna is opening a Regional Research Centre and Headquarters in Melbourne, boosting advancements in the local mRNA industry in Victoria. 

The race is on to make space components more dependable, affordable, scalable, and producible using agile manufacturing techniques as the aerospace industry moves quickly towards additive manufacturing (AM) as a method to convert innovative, physics-based designs into higher-performing parts.

Scientists at UNSW Sydney have devised a new technique to improve the efficiency and cost of hydrogen fuel cells in a push to increase access to clean fuel.  

A team of researchers led by RMIT University is paving the road across 10 Victorian sites with asphalt incorporated with recycled plastic from consumer and industrial waste.