Research Highlights

DISCOVERING NEW CHEMISTRY IN CYBERSPACE Finding an affordable way to turn carbon dioxide into fuel or deciphering the subtle processes that lead to heart disease or ageing are among the extraordinary

Each of us is the scene of billions of collisions, every microsecond of our lives. Indeed, our world and the universe around it thrive on the colliding of minute particles – fundamental processes that

A key to feeding humanity and combating climate change through the 21st century will be the development of 'supercharged' crops and trees that perform the miracle of photosynthesis with far greater

From exploring the earliest origins of life, to creating the quantum devices of the future, to unlocking a new source of fresh water for thirsty Australian cities, nanoscience involves discovering how

Among life's most profound mysteries is how molecules, of their own accord, assemble themselves into the structures essential for living creatures to exist. Understanding this sheds fresh light on the

New materials never seen in Nature are starting to pour in their thousands from laboratories worldwide to build the electronic, medical and communication devices, the paints, plastics, catalysts and

So that the internet and modern telecommunications may go a hundred or a thousand times faster, light itself must be slowed and made to perform all sorts of tricks it is not naturally inclined to

The vast apparatus that powers Australia's climate is being explored in unprecedented depth and detail, as scientists probe the drivers of drought, flood and climate variability, using the nation's

Red giant stars up to eight times the mass of our Sun are the birthing suites of nearly half of all the elements in the universe heavier than iron. In their death and dissolution they yield many of