Scientists have developed a new optical chip for a telescope that enables astronomers to have a clear view of alien planets that may support life. Seeing a planet outside the solar system wh... Read more
Engineers at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new spray-on material with a remarkable ability to repel water. The new protective coating could eventually be used to... Read more
Inspired by the Mimosa plant’s folding response to touch, researchers have engineered a material that folds when in contact with water. Many of us have fond childhood memories of poking the... Read more
A breakthrough by an Australian collaboration of researchers could make infra-red technology easy-to-use and cheap, potentially saving millions of dollars in defence and other areas using se... Read more
Physicists are putting themselves out of a job, using artificial intelligence to run a complex experiment. The experiment, developed by physicists from ANU, University of Adelaide and UNSW A... Read more
ANU researchers have found a vital supply route that cancer cells use to obtain their nutrients, in a discovery that could lead to new treatments to stop the growth of tumours. The research... Read more
Physicists have discovered radical new properties in a nanomaterial, opening new possibilities for highly efficient thermophotovoltaic cells that could one day harvest heat in the dark and t... Read more
Scientists have created the world’s thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair, opening the door to flexible computer displays and a revolution in miniature camera... Read more
Why send a message back in time, but lock it so that no one can ever read the contents? Because it may be the key to solving currently intractable problems. That’s the claim of an inte... Read more
Russian scientists developed the world’s fastest nanoscale photonics switch International team of researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Australian National Univers... Read more
Physicists have found a radical new way confine electromagnetic energy without it leaking away, akin to throwing a pebble into a pond with no splash Physicists have found a radical new way c... Read more
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney have developed a world-first radio-tracking drone to locate radio-tagged wildlife. Lead researcher Dr Deb... Read more
Joint BioEnergy Institute Study Identifies Bacterial Protein that is Key to Protecting Rice against Bacterial Blight A bacterial signal that when recognized by rice plants enables the plants... Read more
Scientists studying thin layers of phosphorus have found surprising properties that could open the door to ultrathin and ultralight solar cells and LEDs Scientists studying thin layers of ph... Read more
The bizarre nature of reality as laid out by quantum theory has survived another test, with scientists performing a famous experiment and proving that reality does not exist until it is meas... Read more
