04 May 2015
Top prize for nanotechnologist
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
27 Oct 2014
New function for Nobel compound
Researchers have used Raijin to discover that nano-sized fragments of graphene can speed up the rate of chemical reactions. Assistant Professor Amir Karton from the University of Western Australia
22 Jul 2014
Flying colours
How could Swiss cheese found in a butterfly wing affect the colour of your car? Butterflies are pretty unassuming. They flit about, discreetly sipping nectar and quietly soaking up some sun. So who
08 Apr 2012
Forseeing the unforseeable
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
05 Apr 2012
Slowing the fastest thing in the universe
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
