
Solar panels that sweat…
Engineers across the world are searching for way to improve the efficiency of solar panels. As new materials and designs are tested, any efficiency improvement – even a few percent – is announced…

Artificial tongue to lick fake whisky
Who else but Scottish engineers would think of using an artificial tongue to differentiate between whiskies? A new paper published in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal Nanoscale describe how they built the tiny…

A 3D-PRINTED SECOND CHANCE
Baby Kaiba seemed healthy, but when he was six weeks old, his parents were shocked to the core. The family was dining at a restaurant, when the little boy suddenly stopped breathing, and…

Fungi treatment produces Stradivarius-worthy sounds
A bit of fungi and a modern violin can sound like a Stradivarius.

New lasers could prevent plane crashes
The laser light velocity sensors have been successfully tested in a high-speed wind tunnel.

Making blood vessels from liposuction fat
Healthy blood vessels can now be grown from adult stem cells extracted during liposuction.

6U CubeSat: Australia’s opportunity for a national space program
UNSW researchers have developed a new system design for a nano-satellite, which could lead the way into a sustainable Australian space program.

Our eyes reveal more than we think
When you’re talking to someone, you might ask them to try and remember what they had for breakfast two days ago. As they think back, their eye movements will increase.

Uncovering the secrets of the universe
One of the best observatories in the Southern Hemisphere works night and day to provide us with a better understanding of the universe — and now it could be host to the SKA,…