Device makes electric vehicle charging a two-way street New tech means cars can power houses, as well as the other way round. A new device turns electric vehicles into chargers for houses and stranded cars. Researchers led by Seyedfoad Taghizadeh from Australia’s Macquarie University are looking to commercialise the technology, which may significantly increase the…
Image credit – Azul. (Zebrafish) TB could be conquered by common painkillers, research reveals Zebrafish model suggests aspirin slows bacterial growth. Aspirin could be used to treat the world’s deadliest infectious disease, according to new research conducted by Dr Elinor Hortle at the Centenary Institute in Sydney. Tuberculosis – which affects a third of the…
Thanks to Macquarie University, the University of New South Wales, Western Sydney University and The University of Sydney for sponsoring, and the Australian National Maritime Museum for hosting.
Nicole Carnt – UNSW Eye infections due to contact lenses are in part genetically determined, research reveals. The discovery explains why some contact lens wearers do everything wrong and never have a problem, while other more careful people end up in hospital with an eye infection. “We used to think it was only a matter…
You can find the list of 2021 Fresh Scientists here.
We’ve had a fantastic response to Fresh Science with 178 nominations from around the country. Thank you to everyone who applied.
Fresh Science is a national competition helping early career researchers find, and then share, their stories of discovery.
The program takes up-and-coming researchers with no media experience and turns them into spokespeople for science, giving them a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training and a public event in their home state.
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