Flinders to link companies with nanotech’s potential
Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology is launching NanoConnect, a pilot program to demonstrate to businesses how nanotechnology could help improve their products and processes.
International science honour for Flinders graduate
Prominent Flinders University graduate, Professor Terry Tao, has been awarded the 2012 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Bench to bedside research
A revolutionary medical breakthrough by researchers at Flinders University could pave the way to a cure for two debilitating autoimmune diseases.
Flinders course offers rise again
Demand has again increased for Flinders undergraduate degree courses, and in response a total of 5025 offers (up from 4777 offers in 2011) has been made to date, with further places remaining available.
School a good place to work on wellbeing
Schooling is increasingly being viewed world-wide as an opportunity to promote students’ overall mental health and wellbeing; a new book edited by Flinders academics looks at the best ways to do it.
North Korea’s unstable stability
The leadership change in Pyongyang will likely increase tensions on the Korean peninsula in 2012, according to Professor Malcolm Cook.
Flinders extends its praise to emerging early career researchers
Flinders University’s 2011 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Early Career Researchers have just been announced, with 10 researchers sharing in a pool of $25,000.
Closing the digital divide
Facebook, blogs and internet chat sites may ring alarm bells for some parents, but these social networking tools are the focus of a study aimed at bridging the digital divide for young people with a disability.
Christmas comes early for seven higher degree students
Flinders University has awarded its first-ever Best Student Paper Award to seven higher degree research students specialising in a range of fields – from sustainable solar panels to the increasing problem of piracy in Somalia.