Techwatch: The latest engineering innovations from Australia and beyond
From load-bearing origami to waterproof solar cells, here’s a snapshot of recent technological and engineering innovation.
Tag: nanotechnology
Australia just made a billion-dollar bet on building the world’s first “useful” quantum computer in Brisbane. Will it pay off?
The Australian government has announced a pledge of approximately $940 million to PsiQuantum, a quantum computing start-up company based in ...
This Melbourne nanoengineering facility is accelerating innovation
The engineers at the Australian Synchrotron are designing tools to study objects at nano-scale resolution in an impressive display of ...
These tiny spikes skewer bacteria and fungi
Researchers thought engineering super-smooth materials would stop bacteria attaching to surfaces. They were wrong. When Distinguished Professor Elena Ivanova was ...
Sprayable nano-inks could be the key to bendable screens
An international team of scientists is developing an inkable nanomaterial that they say could one day become a spray-on electronic ...
Could these novel nanostructures improve the cost effectiveness of electric vehicles?
Researchers at the UNSW School of Chemistry have crafted hierarchical structures on a nanomolecular scale that could have tangible industry ...
Will luminescent plants light up the future?
Engineers from MIT have created a light-emitting plant that has the capability to glow brightly for several minutes.
Flexible sensors could prevent falls in aged care residents
A Melbourne company has created what it calls a world-first monitoring and alert system that has the potential to revolutionise ...
How would nanoelectronics change if air could be used for electron transmission?
If Shruti Nirantar’s vision of using air as a medium for electron transmission works, she could make a big impact ...
Students win global competition with cholesterol-busting nanofilter
Proving the best designs are often found in nature, students from the University of Sydney have taken out first place ...
