New age science gets a green light
Researchers at Queensland University of Technology have discovered new ways to use energy from light to trigger chemical reactions. Using green light, they’ve designed a catalyst-free process to join...
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Leading the charge to cheaper lithium ion batteries
He’s found a new way to make crystalline graphite, which is used to make lithium ion batteries. Graphite —...
Honey I shrunk the camera
It’s the latest thing in nanotechnology, an ultra-thin lens that produces some pretty weighty images. The flat lenses are...
Electronics that keep on keeping on without batteries
Researchers at Curtin University and UNSW Sydney have discovered a way to short circuit the need for batteries in...
Tiny camera helps close the shutters on heart disease
You’ve probably never thought about taking a selfie inside your blood vessels, but now you can! Researchers at The...
Lighting the path to disease detection
Using light as a diagnostic tool in medicine has just become even more illuminating. An international team including researchers...
Hoisery heroes muscle up
Is there a Hulk hiding in your sock drawer? Thanks to the work of researchers from University of Wollongong,...
Squeak Peek: The next hair-raising development for drones
Robots are borrowing from rodents to get better at sensing their surroundings. University of Queensland engineer Dr Pauline Pounds...
Photographic memory
Cameras have been using light to make memories for years. Soon computers could do it too, thanks to a...
iCOVID: Digital diagnosis on the horizon
Artificial intelligence could soon be used to detect COVID-19 and rank the severity of the disease. A new research...