Technology

Technology research at NCI investigates the devices, tools and systems that will support and contribute to our society in the future. This covers electronic devices, medical devices, cryptography techniques, nanotechnology and more. The rapid growth of digital technologies and their use in all aspects of our lives makes ongoing developments in that space an imperative.

A large circle overlaid on a road shows the relatively low precision on 2015 GPS while a much smaller circle shows the precision of 2020 GPS.

01 Jul 2016

How new computational methods will improve the accuracy of satellite navigation

In a time where global positioning devices are cheap and plentiful, it's actually becoming harder than ever to define where exactly 'here' is. For example, global processes such as plate tectonics

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Research Highlights

08 Jan 2016

Shining new light on the body

Materials

Technology

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) are using Raijin to design ultrasensitive biosensors for use in research and medical diagnosis. Led by Professor Andrew

Two scientists stand looking at a set of scientific equipment with a bright orange flame burning in the centre.

Research Highlights

30 Oct 2015

Mobile diagnosis

Biology

Chemistry

Technology

Antonio Tricoli and Noushin Nasri test their mobile sensor. Photo by Stuart Hay/ANU. Smart phones are getting smarter by the minute. They already help us plan transport routes, check the weather and

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Research Highlights

30 Oct 2015

Self-training software to help fight crop disease

Biology

Technology

Researchers are using supercomputing to stop fungal pathogens in their tracks and help secure our food crops. Alison Testa from Curtin University has developed a sophisticated, self-training software

A woman, Amanda Barnard, smiles at the camera from in front of a computer showing nanomaterial structures.

Research Highlights

04 May 2015

Top prize for nanotechnologist

Materials

Technology

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

Two panels showing a cyclone over the north-west coast of Australia modelled in high-resolution on the left by the ACCESS model and in lower resolution on the right by MTSAT.

Research Highlights

18 Feb 2015

Prediction power

Earth and Environmental Science

Technology

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

Silver and black storage equipment stacked together in tall racks.

Research Highlights

30 Jan 2015

Behind the scenes of big data storage

Technology

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 –

A finger touches an icon of a person which is connected to a dozen other icons of people all over the world.

Research Highlights

25 Sep 2014

Real-time Twitter mining

Technology

Researchers are using NCI facilities to investigate just how accurately a tweeter's geographical location can be predicted from publicly available data. ARC Future Fellow Professor Tim Baldwin and his

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Research Highlights

01 Aug 2014

Renewables good to go

Technology

It's a ground-breaking fact most people don't know: Australia already has the means to run on 100% renewable energy. "When I started my thesis in 2010, the idea that all of our electricity needs could

Research Highlights

25 Jul 2014

NCI Future Fellows

Technology

Computational science has played a key role for NCI users who have been awarded fellowships under the Australian Research Council's (ARC) Future Fellowship scheme. "The Future Fellowship scheme plays

Technology

How new computational methods will improve the accuracy of satellite navigation

Shining new light on the body

Mobile diagnosis

Self-training software to help fight crop disease

Top prize for nanotechnologist

Prediction power

Behind the scenes of big data storage

Real-time Twitter mining

Renewables good to go

NCI Future Fellows

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