by Will York | Oct 14, 2021 | Agriculture, Science
ThinkBio is the Australian start-up building a team of bacteria and fungi in an effort to improve global food production and sustainability. Many Australians wouldn’t consider our fresh produce to be unnatural. It has come from the soil, and grown under the sun. What...
by LJ Charleston | Oct 4, 2021 | Science, Technology
An Australian invention, the “bionic eye” is set to do for the blind what the Cochlear implant has done for the deaf. A revolutionary bionic eye, developed by Australia’s Bionic Vision Technologies (BVT) is restoring functional vision to the blind; working in an...
by Bethany Plint | Jul 14, 2021 | Science, Technology
Now that the Federal Government has put their money where their mouth is, Australian biotech company MicroBioGen has used a $4-million grant to create a yeast strain that is set to supercharge the production of biofuels here and overseas. Australia has faced its fair...
by Natalie Chapman | Jul 1, 2021 | Science, Technology
It’s time to shake off the misconceptions about careers in science, says Natalie Chapman, Managing Director at gemaker, an award-winning technology company fuelling innovation and solving real-world problems. The life of a scientist is not exactly as people...
by Fran Molloy | May 31, 2021 | Environment, Science
New research has found Australian backyard gardens near busy roads and in older homes often have high levels of lead and other contaminants in their soil, making them unsafe to grow food. More than a third of the soil tested across thousands of Australian homes had...
by Sarah Maguire | May 15, 2021 | Science
Evidence is building that fruit and vegetables play a vital role in good mental health, say Macquarie University researchers. Young people should eat plenty of fruit and vegetables – but especially fruit – to lower their risk of depression, a new Macquarie University...
