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Big Impact

Greener alternative to lithium ion batteries to be manufactured in Australia by Graphene Manufacturing Group

New technology to create faster-charging and more sustainable batteries, with a life-span up to three times longer than lithium ion, to be manufactured in Australia. Prof. Michael Yu, Dr Xiaodan Read more

Needle-free COVID-19 vaccine shows promise

A needle-free, single dose, COVID-19 vaccination could be possible, with University of Queensland scientists successfully protecting mice from the virus by administering a vaccine candidate with a ‘patch’. CHALLENGE While Read more

Microscopy Australia directly supports the majority of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Microscopy Australia is enabling research and analysis that directly supports progress on fourteen of the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals. The seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals are the global blueprint to Read more

BHP – understanding complex mineral processing

BHP is a household name in global resources. It directly employs approximately 4500 people in South Australia where it operates the Olympic Dam mine. This is one of the world’s Read more

Alpacas join the fight against COVID-19

Unique, small antibodies to SARS-Cov-2, produced by alpacas, have been engineered to create an effective and stable treatment that can neutralise the virus in mice. The fight against COVID-19 relies Read more

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