10 Aug 2017
Amazing Spaghetti machines get ready to ‘can it for the planet’
Budding engineers from all over Victoria will gather at the University of Melbourne this Friday, 11 August to build a can-crushing machine for recycling.
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29 Jun 2017
Indigenous high school students get hands on with biomedical engineering
The University of Melbourne’s biomedical engineering precinct will showcase some of its world-leading research to this year’s Victorian Indigenous Engineering Winter School (VIEWS) cohort.
15 Jun 2017
Academic Centre of Cyber Security Excellence
The University of Melbourne is one of two institutions chosen to lead the Federal Government’s efforts to build the cyber security expertise and job-ready skills needed by Australian industries.
8 Jun 2017
New hub for biomedical engineering research named after inventor of cochlear implant
A new institute that brings together biomedical engineers, clinical researchers and industry partners to develop real-world solutions for public health has been launched.
29 Mar 2017
Pushing sludge: flushing waste out of wastewater treatment processes
Improving wastewater filtration could make water treatment accessible to more communities around the world, according to a University of Melbourne researcher.
6 Mar 2017
One in three Australians report health problems from fragranced consumer products
A University of Melbourne researcher has found that one-third of Australians report health problems — ranging from migraine headaches to asthma attacks — when exposed to common fragranced consumer products such as air fresheners, cleaning products, laundry supplies and personal care products.
6 Mar 2017
How secure is your vote in the WA election?
Reading or altering someone’s online vote in Saturday’s election in Western Australia might be much easier than it seems, according to an article published today in Pursuit.
7 Feb 2017
Melbourne awarded up to $US19m for Intelligence research
The University of Melbourne is one of four teams worldwide awarded a share of more than $US100 million in funding from the US Government’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), in what may be one of the largest-research efforts aimed at improving human reasoning.
2 Feb 2017
Revolutionary device will show the way forward for the blind
Daily life for blind and vision-impaired people will be dramatically improved following the development by University of Melbourne researchers of a prototype of an electronic device to help them avoid non-protruding obstacles.
6 Jan 2017
Coming to a commute near you: Melbourne launches world-first connected living transport lab
The fringe of Melbourne’s CBD will become a connected transport living lab from this year, in an ambitious project that will connect data from vehicles, bicycles, transport infrastructure and more, to prevent traffic jams and crashes and cut travel times and carbon emissions.
9 Dec 2016
Dobbing 2.0: cyber ‘fox hunt’ to nab Australia’s best whistleblower buster
The University of Melbourne is holding its first 'Snitch Hunt' on Saturday — World Human Rights Day — to show how Australia’s new metadata laws have scuppered notions of privacy and made it a doddle to flush out whistleblowers.
4 Nov 2016
Pre-fabrication manufacturing to boost building industry
A new centre based at the University of Melbourne will help unlock the potential growth of Australia’s prefabricated building industry by creating a cooperative training system between industry and universities.
1 Nov 2016
Water research program to renew Lake Urmia in Iran
A joint research program between the University of Melbourne and Sharif University of Technology in Iran will focus on finding practical solutions to the urgent issues facing the Lake Urmia basin, a national priority for Iran.
25 Oct 2016
Fragranced products: risks for people and profits?
A University of Melbourne researcher has found that over one-third of Americans report health problems — from asthma attacks to migraine headaches — when exposed to common fragranced consumer products such as air fresheners, cleaning supplies, laundry products, scented candles, cologne, and personal care products.
19 Oct 2016
Making new functional polymers for 3D printers
University of Melbourne chemical engineers have found a way to 3D print smart polymers (or plastics) that can perform a function in a way that is cheaper, cleaner and more accessible than ever before.
14 Oct 2016
Research and industry work together to create transport solutions
The world’s first urban laboratory, capable of testing and implementing emerging technologies at a large scale in complex urban environments, is now a step closer with a new partnership between Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic Corporation (NYSE: CUB) and the University of Melbourne.
11 Oct 2016
Nanoscale engineering transforms particles into “Lego-like” building blocks
Researchers have developed a nanoscale engineering method that transforms tiny particles into “Lego-like” modular building blocks.
28 Sep 2016
New facility to create safe carbon storage
CO2CRC Limited and the University of Melbourne will today open new $7.56 million emissions reduction laboratories aimed at providing clean, efficient and cost-effective energy for Australia.
22 Sep 2016
Saving nutrients the whey to go
It takes four kilograms of milk to make just one kilogram of Greek yogurt, which means a lot of natural nutrients from milk are not readily being captured, and Australians consume a lot of Greek yogurt.
13 Sep 2016
Killing superbugs with star-shaped polymers, not antibiotics
Tiny, star-shaped molecules are effective at killing bacteria that can no longer be killed by current antibiotics, new research shows.