Taste of engineering at Flinders

Flinders University this week welcomed 14 high school students to the first Indigenous Australian Engineering School to be hosted in Adelaide. The IAES program (17 to […]

Comparing soils in apple orchards

Organic agriculture is an increasingly popular management approach, embraced by growers and consumers alike for its potential to reduce environmental impacts. However, a new Flinders University […]

Little wallaby the ‘first true roo’

Flinders University fossil experts have unearthed more clues about why kangaroos and wallabies have endured to become one of the continent’s most prolific marsupial groups. They […]

Flinders finds success with ARC

Thirteen Flinders projects have found success this week with the Australian Research Council, awarded more than $9 million across the ARC’s Discovery and Linkage schemes. The […]

New nano-material takes shape

The potential use of low-energy light to shape ferroelectric thin films for micro-devices is advancing with an international team of researchers recently reporting success with ‘photostriction’. […]

Noise disrupts rare songbirds

From agriculture and urban land clearance to loss of habitat and feral animal predation, native wild animals and their food sources face a rising tide of […]

Opening STEM pathways for schoolgirls

The results are in – mentoring schoolgirls in STEM subjects in Year 9 can encourage greater interest in physics, chemistry, technology and higher maths in senior […]