Associate Professor Jack Clegg Our smartphones, like all modern electronic devices, are packed with crystal semiconductors. When we drop them, it’s not just the screen that breaks. Crystals as we know them are brittle, but that will change in the future. Associate Professor Jack Clegg has designed new kinds of crystals that are so flexible…
Dr Geoff Rogers Dr Geoff Rogers has created a robotic guidewire that cardiologists can steer with a joystick through the body to reach a damaged artery. The use of guidewires has replaced open heart surgery for many cardiac patients. However, about 20 per cent of cardiac patients can’t be treated using current guidewire technology, which…
Mr Brett Crawford Mr Brett Crawford has transformed science teaching at Warrigal Road State School in Brisbane. All the school’s 50-plus teachers now actively teach science in their classes. Warrigal Road is a large primary school in Brisbane with more than 1,300 students. The students are from 54 cultures, English is a second language for…
Dr Scott Sleap Cessnock in New South Wales was traditionally a mining town, but today’s high-value jobs in the Hunter Valley are in agriculture, tourism and increasingly in aerospace. Williamtown is already a maintenance base for Australia’s F/A-18 fighters. Soon it will be a maintenance hub for the Joint Strike Fighter in the Asia-Pacific. Many…
Footage of HMAS Canberra available. Photos and video below. A new corrosion-resistant coating that halved the build-up of algae and barnacles on ship hydraulic components is now being trialled on HMAS Canberra, one of the Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ships. Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology are collaborating with experts from the Defence…
High res photos available below. Video of Dhara and the bending robot available here. Some slipped disc injuries might be caused by movements other than the commonly blamed bending and twisting, according to new research by South Australian engineers. It’s a finding that will lead to a better understanding of the motions that put people…
FOR VIDEO AND IMAGES CLICK HERE Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed a winning medicine formula that makes bad-tasting medicine taste nice, making it easier to treat sick children. The UWA study published by the journal Anaesthesia tested 150 children and found that the majority of children who were given the new…
Scientists use computer simulations of joint and muscle movements to teach us to exercise smarter Researchers have developed computer simulations of joint and muscle movements that can teach us how to exercise smarter and prevent knee pain and further damage. One in five Australians over the age of 45 suffer from painful and debilitating osteoarthritis,…
Tuesday 14 August 2018 Highlights from day four of National Science Week 347 events and exhibitions, 20 online activities, and dozens of great stories and talent. National and international talent, researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. Plenty of photo opportunities. Adelaide How do microbes turn grape juice into wine?…
How will apps, mobiles and sensors transform healthcare? Harvard professor in Melbourne Wine as medicine and why vineyards were planted in lunatic asylums, Sydney Hangry? Ask an expert how hunger influences behaviour, Melbourne Technology: good or bad for your mental health? Canberra What’s the latest in cancer research and can we find a cure? Adelaide…