Flinders device spins out next-gen super materials
New applications for one of the world’s hardest materials will be commercialised by a newly formed nano-science spinout company. In an Australian first, the new company […]
Green chemistry pioneer joins Academy of Science elite
Flinders University Professor Colin Raston’s contribution to innovation in chemistry has seen him elected as a Fellow of the peak Australian Academy of Science. The Fellowship, […]
How to spark a chemical chain reaction
Tailor-made protein drugs in the fight against cancer and other diseases are a step closer, with the Centre for NanoScale Science and Technology at Flinders playing […]
$2.6m for research into 3D energetic materials
DefendTex will join forces with four research partners to develop new technology in additive manufacturing of energetic materials. Led by DefendTex Pty Ltd, an Australian company specialising […]
Making solar cells more sustainable
Flinders researchers are part of a global push to create more sustainable and efficient solar cells made from semiconducting plastics, which can be lightweight, flexible and […]
It’s all GO for cleaner, more efficient batteries
Battery power better than lithium or even solar is under development as researchers work to efficiently capture the energy of graphene oxide (GO). Under a new […]
Luxury watch with a real nano ring to it
The precision required to engineer elite wristwatches of the highest quality demands particular expertise – which Flinders University has provided for specialist Australian watch company Bausele. […]
SA defence link: Flinders in Maritime Innovation Challenge
A new Maritime Innovation Challenge to foster international research collaboration by some of the world’s finest engineering minds is being unveiled by Fincantieri, CETENA and Flinders […]
Research focus heats up
International leaders in two specialist fields of research have joined the University as Matthew Flinders Fellows in 2017.