Research news

In a piece of scientific equipment as large as a football field, project partners successfully participated in initial experiments at the Australian Synchrotron in April this year.

Shining lights
Advance experiments at the Australian Synchrotron commenced recently, bringing cutting-edge scientific research close to home.

Sensing a change in the wind
Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation across the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, claiming more than 1000 lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. The natural disaster has provided many lessons that Monash researchers say Australia should be learning from.

Making brown coal green
At a time of greater awareness of climate change, Monash University researchers are leading the way in development of clean coal technologies.

Rogue cells - key to MS rescue
Researchers at the Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Labs have received a US$500,000 grant to investigate treatments for multiple sclerosis.

Fishing for answers
In Australia they are known as the cane toad of the waterways, but scientists at Monash University's Malaysia campus say tilapia could help unlock some secrets of the human brain.