When waste products can build a wall
Firing bricks and making mortar and cement is costly, but organic chemists at Flinders University are working on more sustainable alternatives – focusing on building materials […]
Sustainability
Finding ‘good oil’ at sea
To save the world’s fish stocks and oceans, scientists are racing to find sustainable ways to use fast-growing microalgae to make healthy nutritional products such as […]
Simple GoMicro device can measure food spoilage
Can a $1 device that attaches to a mobile phone become a pivotal tool to help solve the $1 trillion #foodwaste problem? GoMicro CEO and founder […]
Weather extremes to change future farming
The agricultural sector will increasingly need to adopt new technologies and entrepreneurial flair to provide secondary income, along with more flexible land use to combat weather […]
Flinders introduces two-way EV chargers
Flinders University is launching 20 vehicle-to-grid chargers designed to export spare battery capacity generated by the university’s growing fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) into the electricity […]
Mercury removal made easy
Mercury pollution is a global problem in water, air and soil near goldmines, cement and other heavy industries burning fossil fuels – with removal too expensive […]
Ocean organism could be key to animal-free meat
A fungus-like microbe taken from the pristine waters of South Australia could prove to be a vital ingredient in making everything from nutritional supplements, medicines and […]
Microplastics in the food chain
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of […]
Students power design of new solar car with REDARC
A team of international and domestic student engineers at Flinders University are incorporating innovative solar and battery technologies into a new design of the Flinders Automotive […]