Research conducted by former Fresh Science participant Dale Robinson has been covered in the 2020-2021 edition of Defence Science and Technology’s Outlook magazine. Dr Robinson is a biomedical engineer at the University of Melbourne. Minimising severe injury from blast events on military vehicles Blast events inflicted on military vehicles are a consistent threat in contemporary…
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…
And what are the benefits for Australian research? Today in Washington DC, the Australian Ambassador Kim Beazley will open a four day workshop with more than 60 US defence researchers and 33 Australian nanotechnology scientists. The meeting, organised by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF), will…