Monash leads the way in a green chemistry breakthrough for renewables
Electrolytic water splitting is widely understood to be the most feasible method for the production of green hydrogen fuel as a versatile means of storage and long-range transportation for the intermittent
Chemistry 14 May, 2019
New research produces 400-year El Niño record and reveals astonishing change
Australian scientists have developed an innovative method using cores drilled from coral to produce a world first 400-year long seasonal record of El Niño events, a record that some in the field had described as impossible to extract.
Earth Atmosphere and Environment 7 May, 2019
Discovery of how molecular ‘piracy’ works provides new strategies to combat bacterial infection
New research from Monash University explains the molecular mechanisms that allow bacteria to engage in ‘molecular piracy’, stealing iron atoms from their fungal competitors.
Biology 5 April, 2019
Toxic for most, an energy source for others – researchers discover microbes take advantage of carbon monoxide
A trans-Tasman research team led by Monash biologists has shown that dominant bacteria within extreme environments prolong their survival by breaking down the components of air.
Biology 5 April, 2019
Monash Science achieves outstanding results in latest Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings
Monash Science has performed above the international standard in the latest round of the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) rankings, released today by the Australian Research Council (ARC).
Science 27 March, 2019
Of mice and elephants, Monash scientists shed new insights into physiological evolution
It is a question that scientists have been trying to resolve for centuries, but might it be due to evolutionary chance?
Biology 19 March, 2019
World-first research shows how beaches clean our oceans
They are invisible to the human eye, but they are there – millions of microbes in our beaches, breaking down the rubbish in our waters.
Science 12 March, 2019
Scientists develop new framework for global species monitoring
An international study involving a Monash biologist has outlined a much-needed framework to significantly improve the monitoring of status and trends of species worldwide. This finding comes after a multi-year
Biology 12 March, 2019
A structural issue: breaking down glass to make it stronger
For most of us, a glass of water doesn’t appear to be an unfathomable mystery, but for Monash materials scientist Amelia Liu, it represents one of the “grand challenges” of physics.
Physics and Astronomy 9 March, 2019