Latest news

Search news stories

Enter a keyword to search news.

What goes down, must come up?

Volcanoes

Honours project: Explore the chemistry of magma to trace what the inputs to volcanoes are at depth.

[Read more about What goes down, must come up?]

The Curnamona Cube

Curnamona

Honours projects: Fly across remote Australia in a helicopter, for one of the world's biggest geophysical science projects.

[Read more about The Curnamona Cube]

Fossils under a new light

Fossil front visible image Georgios Tsiminis

Honours projects: Use new fluorescence imaging techniques to analyse fossils that range in age from half-a-billion to some tens of thousands of years old.

[Read more about Fossils under a new light]

Saving megafauna from bacteria

A skeleton of a Marsupial Lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) in the Victoria Fossil Cave, Naracoorte Caves National Park Karora, Public domain

Honours projects: Identify and image biofilms that threaten the Naracoorte Caves National Park fossils.

[Read more about Saving megafauna from bacteria]

It’s space water, but not as we know it

Full moon. Image: Gregory H. Revera, CC BY-SA 3.0

Honours projects: Explore laser-induced fluorescence of water and aqueous minerals for space applications.

[Read more about It’s space water, but not as we know it]

Probing the ionosphere using radio signals

Honours project:  Evaluate the utility of software defined radio (SDR) for providing low-cost ionospheric sounder receivers.

[Read more about Probing the ionosphere using radio signals]

Optical fibres in space for high bandwidth and black hole detection

International Space Station - Image by NASA

Honours project: Explore the creation of high-purity glass aboard the International Space Station to unlock internet bandwidth limits and improve gravitational wave detectors.

[Read more about Optical fibres in space for high bandwidth and black hole detection]

Effect of pre-partum hCG on farrowing performance of older parity sows & their piglets viability

Pig sow

Honours project: Investigate blood oestrogen levels of older sows and subsequent piglet growth and survival. 

[Read more about Effect of pre-partum hCG on farrowing performance of older parity sows & their piglets viability]

Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity

Paleo-archives offer new prospects for benchmarking and maintaining future biodiversity.

The late Quaternary paleorecord, within the past ∼130,000 years, can help to inform present-day management of the Earth's ecosystems and biota under climate change.

[Read more about Using paleo-archives to safeguard biodiversity]

Mechanical engineering internship available with Supashock

If you are a mechanical engineering student with good results and skills in CAD or FEA and project management and the determination and passion to work in a commercial R&D environment, Supashock Advanced Technologies is offering an exciting opportunity to develop your skills in a cutting-edge technical field. Applications close 11 September.

[Read more about Mechanical engineering internship available with Supashock]

RSS News Feed