We assist the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Macquarie University with their research communication.
A collection of their media releases is included below.
You can also read all the news from the faculty on their website.
Or follow the Faculty @MQSciEng and the Dean, @BarbaraMesserle on Twitter.
Nature Communications paper Tuesday, 31 October 2017 Background information below. Macquarie University researchers have made a single tiny diamond shine brightly at room temperature, a behaviour known as superradiance.
A focus on cyber security and privacy-preserving technologies. Macquarie University is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Dali Kaafar as Scientific Director of the Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub. Prof Kaafar will move from CSIRO Data61 on 3 October 2017. “It is a pleasure to appoint Prof Kaafar who is regarded worldwide as…
Science paper Friday, 15 September 2017 Background information below. More high-res images available below. Wastewater, tourism, and trade are moving microbes around the globe at an unprecedented scale. As we travel the world we leave billions of bacteria at every stop. As with rats, foxes, tigers and pandas, some microbes are winners, spreading around the…
Click here for high-res images. Background information below. And feature story by lead author Ian Wright for The Conversation here. A global team of researchers have cracked the mystery of leaf size. Their research was published today as a cover story in Science. Why is a banana leaf a million times bigger than a common heather leaf?…
Caring for Country in Arnhem Land Macquarie University Eureka Prize winners Macquarie University congratulates its winners in the 2017 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes and the winner of the Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher. High-power diamond lasers invented at Macquarie University High-power lasers have many potential applications: from medical imaging to manufacturing,…
High-power diamond lasers, invented at Macquarie University, Eureka finalist High-power lasers have many potential applications: from medical imaging to manufacturing, shooting down drones or space junk, or powering deep space probes. But current laser technologies overheat at high power. Rich Mildren and his team have developed a technique to make diamond lasers that, in theory,…
A unique collaboration between scientists and Aboriginal people in remote south-eastern Arnhem Land is building knowledge about country and how local people can better manage it. In the last nine years the Ngukurr Wi Stadi bla Kantri (We Study the Country) Research Team has discovered species new to science, found new populations of threatened species,…
What fly guts could reveal about our health: microbes in the gut can influence diet and reproduction, and the changes could be passed on to the next generation. Discoveries from Macquarie University and Sydney University illustrate how microbes in the gut can influence host animals. The work could be important for understanding the effects of…