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The winners of the 2017 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science are: Jenny Graves (La Trobe University, Melbourne)—Prime Minister’s Prize for Science Eric Reynolds (The University of Melbourne/Oral Health CRC)—Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation Jian Yang (The University of Queensland)—Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year Dayong Jin (University of Technology Sydney)—Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical…
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…
Monash engineers have designed, printed, and test-fired a rocket engine. Media call 9.30 am, Monday 11 September, Woodside Innovation Centre, New Horizons Building, 20 Research Way, Monash University, Clayton HD footage of static rocket testing and metal printers at work Media contact: Niall Byrne, 0417-131-977, niall@scienceinpublic.com.au The new rocket engine is a unique aerospike design…
Quick facts A joint Monash University/Amaero team of engineers successfully designed, built, and tested a rocket engine in just four months The engine is a complex multi-chamber aerospike design Additively manufactured with selective laser melting on an EOS M280 Built from Hasteloy X; a high strength nickel based superalloy Fuel: compressed natural gas (methane); oxidiser:…
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,…
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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,…