Footage of HMAS Canberra available. Photos and video below. A new corrosion-resistant coating that halved the build-up of algae and barnacles on ship hydraulic components is now being trialled on HMAS Canberra, one of the Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ships. Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology are collaborating with experts from the Defence…
A Macquarie PhD student believes he’s come up with a way to turn coffee waste into biodegradable plastic coffee cups. He’s developed a method to turn coffee grounds into lactic acid, which can then be used to produce biodegradable plastics, and is now refining the process as he finishes his PhD.
We can’t cram any more processing power into silicon-based computer chips. But a paper published in Nature overnight reveals how we can make electronic devices 10 times smaller, and use molecules to build electronic circuits instead. We’re reaching the limits of what we can do with conventional silicon semiconductors. In order for electronic components to…
Wednesday, 26 July 2017, at the RACI Centenary Chemistry Congress, Melbourne Convention Centre Today at the Centenary Chemistry Congress From a molecular motor to the nanocar and beyond: 2016 chemistry Nobel Prize recipient Ben Feringa is speaking in Melbourne and available for interview today and Thursday. More below. The man who unboiled an egg: Colin Raston won an…
The biggest powder bed 3D printed metal aerospace component is on display at the Melbourne International Airshow at Avalon. Press release below, and background information here. Photos and video here Monash University has commissioned the world’s largest metal printer, and has used it to print a large door hinge from a Chinese jet airliner. The…
Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing and Amaero Additive manufacturing (3D printing) Powder bed 3D printing Blown powder printing The people Previous success stories Melbourne’s 3D jet engine technology flies into production in France (press release from Nov. 2016) The world’s first printed jet engine (press release from Feb. 2015) Visual materials
Melbourne and Indonesian scientists work to improve shipping efficiency Scientists available for interview in Bahasa Indonesia and English. Video overlay and photos of ferry available below. Read the release in Bahasa Indonesia. Every shipping manager wages an endless battle against fouling – the bacteria, seaweed, barnacles and other marine life that take residence on the…