The world’s first university dedicated solely to unmanned systems education is up and running. It was founded by Jerry LeMieux, a retired Air Force colonel, commercial airline pilot and college lecturer. LeMieux’s school is one of several trying to get ...

A major breakthrough by Australian medical researchers offers a brighter future for the vision impaired. A bionic device has been successfully implanted into the eye of a Victorian woman who can now see flashes of light and shapes after being ...

A project led by the University of Canberra to help guide the application of technology interaction at art galleries and museums has won a prestigious $225,000 research grant. The group headed by Byron Keating, Professor in Service Management, has been ...

Monash University philosopher Dr Robert Sparrow says military organisations are funding a significant amount of robotics research that is making war more likely by lowering the threshold of conflict. Sparrow, from the school of philosophical, historical and international studies, in ...

A group of theoretical physicists has poured water on current theories on the creation of the universe and embraced quantum graphity. Researchers from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University suggest our universe began not as a big bang but ...

University of South Australia students are raising their glasses to the introduction of a new wine club that aims to tantalise tastebuds and uncover styles of wine that will soon be sold in Asia. The UniSA Kelosphera Wine Club hopes ...

A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide and the University of Colorado have discovered a receptor in the body’s immune system that increases people’s addiction to drugs such as heroin and morphine. Both the central nervous and immune ...

University of NSW researchers have developed a low-cost laser sensor that can quickly and accurately measure the velocity of commercial passenger aircraft to help prevent fatal plane crashes. Using facilities provided by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation in Melbourne, ...

The world’s richest man has challenged inventors to develop a toilet that doesn’t need water and could also turn human waste into fuel. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has helped inventors with a $US1.3 million ($1.26 million) grant to ...

Murdoch University researchers may have solved one of sustainable energy’s greatest challenges: power storage for use in non-generation times. Project leaders, Dr Manickam Minakshi and Dr Danielle Meyrick from the school of chemical and mathematical sciences, say while the efficiency ...