Professor Hutmacher (R) demonstrating the chest implant with Dr Matthew Cheng (L). Credit: Metro South Health.
World-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant
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A world-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant is the outcome of years of research led by Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher, director of the ARC Industrial…

Rodney kirk, Jiawen Li. Credit: University of Adelaide.
Tiny tech gets to the heart of disease
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A team of researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) has developed the world’s tiniest endoscope.

Common whitetail dragonfly. Credit: Public domain image by Christopher Johnson (Insects Unlocked, University of Texas at Austin)
Insect wings might be the new weapon against ‘superbugs’
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A team of scientists has revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact, which holds promise for a new era of…

‘Smart’ wound dressing technology
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ARC-supported scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic wounds.

Research assistant Gerard Kyasapa cutting a vine thicket in Tanzania.
Help or hindrance? Untangling the role of Woody Liana Vines
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A research team led by ARC

Reconstruction of the giant parrot Heracles
Revealing the world’s biggest parrot: ‘Heracles’
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Australasian palaeontologists, with ARC funding support, have discovered the world's largest parrot from a fossil dep

A newly hatched epaulette shark
Warmer ocean temperatures affecting baby sharks
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Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE), administered by James Cook

Smashing the quantum speed record
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A group of physicists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2 T) at The University of New South Wales (UNSW…

Millisecond radio reflexes field a curveball from deep space
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For the first time, an ARC-supported team of researchers has determined the location of a one-off 'fast radio burst'.

GIANT TSUNAMI FOLLOWED DINOSAUR-KILLING ASTEROID
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Researchers from Curtin University have taken part in a scientific expedition to retrieve core samples from the Chicxulub meteorite crater in the Gulf of…

Ancient hyena poo sheds new light on human evolution
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Fossil animal droppings, charcoal from ancient fires, and bone fragments littering the ground of one of the world’s most important human evolution sites have…

The making of a superplume: huge underground mountains of hot rock
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Researchers at Curtin University have analysed thousands of rock samples to uncover the movements of mountains of rock deep within the earth.