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Fighting Pneumococci – the biggest bacterial killer

Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is the biggest bacterial killer on the planet and accounts for an estimated 1-2 million deaths a year. It is the leading cause of pneumonia, meningitis, Read more

Microscopy helps the COVID-19 response

Microscopy Australia has been supporting the nation’s response to the COVID-19 in many ways at our facilities around the country. Our University of Queensland facility is supporting COVID-19 work by Read more

New efficiency record set for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells

Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) and Flinders University have set a record for the conversion of sunlight into energy using ‘tandem solar cells’, which stack a perovskite solar Read more

New synthetic scaffolds could help heal injured tendons and ligaments

A team of biomedical engineering researchers from the University of Sydney, working with international collaborators, are hoping to improve the outcomes of tendon and ligament repair by developing a new synthetic Read more

Polymers for a cleaner world

International partnership takes Australian environmental cleanup solutions to world markets Polymers developed at Flinders University by A/Prof. Justin Chalker and his team, and made from the industrial waste materials, sulfur Read more

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