Research Highlights

NCI-supported CSIRO researcher Amanda Barnard has won the Foresight Institute Feynman Prize. Dr Barnard is both the first Australian and the first woman to receive this prestigious award. Using the

One of the biggest goals in treating diabetes is to develop an orally active drug to eliminate the need to inject insulin. But in order to design a drug to mimic insulin, we first need to know exactly

During the past couple of decades, Australia's weather forecasting ability has improved dramatically, thanks to advances in science and computational technology. Now the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is

NCI will soon host more than 10 petabytes of research data. That's 10,000,000,000 megabytes of files. Hosting these datasets is not as simple as just copy and pasting the files onto a hard drive –

NCI is helping researchers from UNSW to delve into the mysteries of fuel combustion to reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency. "Almost 90% of Australia's total energy production relies on

Professor Kerry Hourigan's team at Monash University are using the NCI supercomputer to develop tools for early detection of heart attacks and strokes. "Cardiovascular disease is a major health

Not much affects the nerves like the high-pitched squealing of car brakes. Fortunately, researchers are using NCI's computational facilities to help design quieter brakes – and save the car industry

ANU chemists have used Raijin to develop a revolutionary new way to manufacture a rare anti-inflammatory drug with potential to treat cancer and malaria. The breakthrough could lead to new and cheaper

The brain is the most complex part of the human body. It's the chair of intelligence, interpreter of the senses, motivator of body movement, and controller of behaviour. Using the latest computing

Professor Tiffany Walsh and her team at Deakin University have developed an application to use nanoparticles in laundry powder to achieve a hot wash outcome at a much lower water temperature. "Washing