Batteries of the future charge ahead
With global demand for lithium-ion batteries fast depleting reserves of raw materials, experts are seeking safe, affordable and reliable alternatives for rechargeable batteries. Aqueous zinc-ion batteries […]
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 […]
Polymer battery a step closer
An international research team has moved closer to developing a more sustainable, rechargeable ‘organic’ battery model by doubling its energy storage capability. With the aim to […]
PhD takes her mesh to defence space
The use of nanotechnology for targeted drug delivery has seen higher degree researcher Melanie Fuller present at a national defence forum in Melbourne. The molecular science […]
No yolk! Colin Raston uncooks egg, wins Ig Nobel!
Flinders University can boast an Ig Nobel prize! Professor Colin Raston has been honoured with the coveted award for inventing a device that can change the structure of proteins, famously demonstrated by uncooking an egg.
The feat of science that has “made people laugh, then made them think” has earned him and his team a “baby” Nobel, a prize almost as famous as its Swedish namesake.
Science careers expo with CSIRO for Year 11s
Flinders and CSIRO are jointly running a careers-focused event for school students on the Flinders University campus on June 22 and 25.
Tracing arsenic threat to groundwater
Ilka Wallis, a PhD candidate in Flinders University’s School of the Environment, is investigating how arsenic may leach into underground water.
Flinders student off to Oxford
Budding neuroscientist Emma Lawrance has just won a prestigious Clarendon Scholarship to study at Oxford.