Monash researchers enlist the Cloud to wipe out malaria
The Monash scientists who developed the small game-changing device that can rapidly screen blood in minutes to detect disease-causing pathogens have now confirmed the successful operation of a Cloud-based system based on spectroscopy.
Chemistry 16 October, 2019
Driving world leading innovation in green chemistry: Government awards Monash Science $3.6 million for a new research centre
Monash Science has received $3.6 million in Federal Government funding to establish a dedicated Australian Research Council (ARC) training centre to advance green chemistry in manufacturing.
Chemistry 11 October, 2019
Monash chemistry researchers to play a key role in the new $35 million ARC Centre of Excellence for Enabling Eco Efficient Beneficiation of Minerals
Monash scientists will be part of a new $35M Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence which will focus on how to make operations more efficient for mineral separation.
Chemistry 7 October, 2019
Electrolysis breakthrough could solve the hydrogen conundrum
Hydrogen gas is the perfect green fuel – it can be extracted from water and is non-polluting. But although hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, it doesn’t naturally occur in large quantities as a gas on Earth.
Chemistry 25 September, 2019
Monash chemists may find a sustainable alternative to palm oil in soaps and cosmetics
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded Monash chemists $442,635 to work with industry on developing a new generation of sustainable surfactants.
Chemistry 10 July, 2019
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
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
Green chemistry founder appointed distinguished professor at Monash
Eminent American chemist Professor John C Warner has been appointed distinguished professor at the Monash School of Chemistry.
Chemistry 1 March, 2019
New device that can rapidly diagnose disease could save lives
Scientists have developed a new device that can rapidly screen the blood in just minutes to detect a range of pathogens that cause disease, in a breakthrough that could fast-track the way disease or infection is diagnosed and treated.
Chemistry 14 January, 2019