Research Highlights

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found the creation of a Great Forest National Park would deliver the best environmental and economic returns to Victoria from its Central

Global not-for-profit water and maritime engineering organisation DHI is using NCI to model currents and waves to understand the risks of ships coming aground on the Australian coast. Working with the

Professor Csaba Balazs from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) is using the NCI supercomputer to advance our knowledge of dark matter particles. Dark matter is

Researchers from Monash University are simulating turbulent fluid flows, which affect airplane aerodynamics and design. The research uses direct numerical simulations (DNS) of turbulent flows to

The world's most important protein is getting an upgrade. Despite it being the most abundant protein in the world, we are still getting to the roots of how Rubisco, the protein at the heart of

A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found that plants are able to forget stressful weather events to rapidly recover. The study confirms the research team's hypothesis for

In our transition to a more-carbon neutral environment, the development of new building materials for the collection of solar energy is a big goal. Incorporating passive solar energy collectors into

The high rate of ice melt along the West Antarctic Peninsula is being driven by strengthening winds on the opposite side of the continent, new research performed at NCI suggests. The research

Working as part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO), scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) are learning about the formation of a certain type of

Energy storage and energy generation technology is improving thanks to the work of Professor Maria Forsyth and her group from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science. "What we do in