Engineered for speed: how Lachie Kennedy’s UQ studies are supporting his sprinting success
To the outside world, sprinting might seem simple. Take your blocks, wait for the starter’s gun and run fast.
New research to make digital transactions quantum safe and twenty times faster
A team of experts, including Monash University researchers, has developed a new technique to implement quantum-safe digital signatures twenty times faster, resulting in speedier and safer online transactions than ever before.
Hidden magma pools pose eruption risks that we can’t yet detect
Scientists’ ability to estimate eruption risks is largely reliant on knowing where pools of magma are stored, deep in the Earth’s crust. But what happens if the magma can’t be spotted?
Scientists take stand against back pain unveiling functional bioprinted spinal discs
University of Manchester scientists have successfully pioneered a way to create functioning human spinal discs, aiming to revolutionise our understanding of back pain and disc degeneration in a leap for medical science.
The green city of the future
The Netherlands is urbanising. It is becoming increasingly important for city-dwellers to live happily and healthily. Simultaneously, we must preserve nature and adapt to climate change.
Engineering students’ agri-tech startup ProTag raises $1 million
Massey University Engineering PhD students and entrepreneurs, Tyrel Glass and Baden Parr, are creating game-changing technology for the agricultural industry.
Soprano Larissa Kent awarded significant overseas study scholarship
School of Music alumna Larissa Kent has been awarded a 2023 Kia Ora Foundation Patricia Pratt Scholarship to support her study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM).
Turn on, tune in, crop out: £20 device uses ultrasound to produce fertiliser
A £20 device which makes fertiliser by treating water with ultrasound could transform agricultural supply chains in remote areas, its inventors say.
Child and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
For Children’s Mental Health Week, we highlight some of IoPPN's research into the impact of COVID-19 on child and adolescent mental health, and potential solutions to support recovery.
Prestigious Fellowship for novel Brain Cancer Research
Associate Professor Charles Unsworth from the Department of Engineering Science has been awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand James Cook Research Fellowship.
