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Inspiring South Australia
A 3D printed dinosaur head, a tent full of butterflies and a brain that lights up.
South Australia launched a state-wide $1 million program on Friday 17 April at the South Australian Museum – featuring the 3D printed head of a Plesiosaur, a light-up brain and a tent full of butterflies.
[Read more…] about South Australia Comes to Life with Science
An Australian company has completed a trifecta of tools to help Australians take care of their own hearing without the stress and expense of audiology visits. It’s the product of decades of government-backed research. [Read more…] about From the bionic ear to the ‘audiologist in your pocket
Coral trout in protected ‘green zones’ are not only bigger and more abundant than those in fished ‘blue zones’ of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but they are also better able to cope with cyclone damage, according to a long-term study published today in Current Biology.
Coral trout biomass has more than doubled since the 1980s in the green zones with most of the growth occurring since the 2004 rezoning. These and other changes identified by the study show that the green zones are contributing to the health of the Great Barrier Reef and that similar approaches may be beneficial for coral reefs around the world. [Read more…] about Twice the coral trout in Great Barrier Reef protected zones
Opening new manufacturing opportunities for Australia in aerospace, medicine and light industry
Media call 11 am Thursday 26 February at the Victorian Government Stand, Hall 2, Avalon International Airshow. HD overlay of the printers at work also available.
Monash University researchers along with collaborators from CSIRO and Deakin University have printed a jet engine. In fact Monash and their spin-out company Amaero, have printed two engines. One is on display this week at the International Air Show in Avalon, while the second is displayed in Toulouse at the French aerospace company Microturbo (Safran).
The biggest powder bed 3D printed metal aerospace component is on display at the Melbourne International Airshow at Avalon (2017)
Background information
This is a summary of resources supporting the ‘World’s first 3D printed jet engine’ and ‘Melbourne’s 3D jet engine technology flies into production in France’. Media releases, online copy and live links at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/monash-uni
Monash University: Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing
Shows: 3D printed metal parts, Professor Xinhua Wu with printed jet engine, Concept Laser X-Line 1000R machine (powder bed 3D printing machine – the largest selective laser melting (SLM) machine currently available), laser over base plate in blown powder machine, large shot of the blown powder printing machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NNCv3lX3U&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6at2zGE9m1Y&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u56-KrOCcAU&feature=youtu.be
For HD images visit: www.scienceinpublic.com.au/monash-uni/photos-jet-engine
Amaero: www.amaero.com.au
Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing: https://platforms.monash.edu/mcam
Safran: www.safran-group.com
ARC Centre of Excellence for Design in Light Metals: www.arclightmetals.org.au/index.html
3D printing has been used since the 1980s by the aerospace industry, usually to produce prototypes. With more complex, expensive printing machines being built in recent years (such as those with lasers to melt metal powders – used by MCAM), more opportunities for different materials and therefore different applications are opening up. Printing in metals has its challenges, including the high temperatures required and safety issues that accompany them.
[Read more…] about The world’s first 3D printed jet engine – backgrounder
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Edible oyster mushrooms have an intriguing secret: they eat spiders and roundworms. And they do so using proteins which can punch their way into cells, leaving tidy but deadly holes. It’s a trick that our immune cells also use to protect us; destroying infected cells, cancerous cells, and bacteria.
Research published today in PLOS Biology by an international team, led by the ARC Imaging Centre at Monash University and Birkbeck College, in London, reveals the molecular process behind the punch. [Read more…] about Carnivorous mushrooms reveal human immune trick
With Prof Aidan Byrne, CEO of the Australian Research Council; Prof Edwina Cornish, Provost and Senior Vice-President, Monash University; and Caitriona Fay, National Manager Philanthropy, Perpetual.
A unique $5 million electron microscope launched today at Monash University, Melbourne, will transform the way we view the human immune system, and advance Australian research towards better treatment for diseases from cancer and malaria to diabetes, rheumatism and multiple sclerosis.
[Read more…] about A titanic electron microscope that snap-freezes cells to reveal immune secrets
Images available for download from launch of the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Structural Cryo Electron Microscopy
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Life and health ultimately depend on the interactions of large biological molecules, such as proteins and carbohydrates. And those interactions depend on the 3D shapes and structures of the molecules.
[Read more…] about Cryo-EM: A machine to shape the future of molecular medicine