Four Flinders staff in Queen’s Birthday list
Four members of Flinders University’s academic staff are among the recipients of Queen’s Birthday Honours announced today. Public health researcher and advocate Professor Fran Baum and […]
Off the sheep’s back: recycling waste wool a step closer
From the shearing shed to catwalk, world stockpiles of waste wool are suddenly in fashion with Flinders scientists.
Egg unboiler spins into top science stories of 2015
When Flinders University’s Professor Colin Raston unboiled an egg earlier this year with his ‘Vortex Fluidic Device’, in a feat previously considered impossible by science, he made TV screens and front pages all over the world.
Flinders Ig Nobel winner cracks global anaesthetic
One of the world’s most in-demand anaesthetics can now be produced on the spot, thanks to the thermos-flask sized device that recently won Flinders inventor Professor Colin Raston an Ig Nobel prize.
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.
Seaweed research steps up pace
South Australia’s rich marine environment will yield more value-added products under a new research agreement between Flinders University and one of China’s largest seaweed product companies.
Flinders receives $2.35m for research with industry
Flinders has received funding for six projects in the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage funding, securing a total of $2.35 million in grants.
Flinders vortex device makes for better cancer treatments
A South Australian invention, responsible for unboiling an egg, has been used to produce a four-fold increase in efficacy of carboplatin, a commonly used drug for […]
Flinders/US scientists figure out way to uncook an egg
Scientists from Flinders and the US have found a way to essentially uncook an egg, in a remarkable breakthrough that could drastically cut costs for the pharmaceutical industry.