Moving away from fossil fuels is challenging, but it also presents huge opportunities. At the Energy Transition Hub, more than 140 Australian and German researchers are working together to tackle the social and technical challenges and take advantage of the trade and export opportunities.
Continue reading Finding the way to zero-carbon energyAlmost five million Australians over 50 suffer from osteoporosis, and the number is rising.
Continue reading Bone mechanicsAt gravitational wave observatories such as the European Advanced Virgo in Italy, scientists try to detect ripples in spacetime caused by colliding black holes and other stellar cataclysms.
Continue reading Inventing the ultimate suspension systemWhen complete, they’ll be able to pick up radio signals from the time when the first stars in the universe formed.
Continue reading The world’s largest scientific instrumentIn May 2017, the European Union led a mission called QB50 to launch a constellation of 50 mini-satellites from the International Space Station. The pocket-sized CubeSats set out to study the thermosphere, the layer of Earth’s atmosphere between 90 and 600 kilometres above the ground that carries signals from GPS and other satellites.
Continue reading 50 CubeSats to explore the thermosphereA passenger jet could one day fly halfway around the world in just a few hours. That’s the goal of the High-speed Experimental Fly project (HEXAFLY): going beyond the supersonic realm pioneered by the now-defunct Concorde to reach hypersonic speeds more than five times as fast as sound.
Continue reading Hypersonic travelRun by the European Commission and the European Space Agency, Copernicus uses satellites called Sentinels that continuously monitor Earth from space and tools on the ground for calibration and cross-checking.
Continue reading International eye in the skyClimate change will bring hotter weather and rising seas, but what it means for natural disasters such as floods and fires is less clear.
Part of the difficulty is that such catastrophes are often “compound events” in which multiple factors combine to wreak havoc.
Continue reading Compound interestSwinburne University researchers have developed a way to bring 3D printing with carbon fibre composites to an industrial scale.
Strong, lightweight carbon fibre composites can be used to make everything from aeroplanes and high-end race cars to sports equipment, and they are in high demand.
Continue reading 3D printing carbon fibre at industrial scaleBushfires are becoming more intense and increasing their range—so European and Australian researchers have initiated a five-year joint project to combat the threat.
“New regions are becoming affected by recurrent fires,” says Associate Professor Marc Demange from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).
Continue reading Sharing knowledge, fighting fires
