Dr Jun Mei – Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology Bamboo-inspired design creates super-fast charging rechargeable batteries Inspired by natural bamboo, the fastest growing plant on earth, Dr Jun Mei and his colleagues at QUT have designed a new, fast-charging rechargeable battery. Fast-charging rechargeable batteries are in high demand to address the current energy crisis in…
Sunlight is being used to convert carbon dioxide into batteries, thanks to a new technology being developed by researchers at the University of Newcastle. Currently, we mine the materials we use to make batteries. One of these materials is graphite—a type of carbon—that has specific properties that makes it good at storing electrical energy, including…
A research team in Sydney has created molecules that mimic those in plants which harvest light and power life on Earth.
Fresh Science is on hold for 2022. We will be back in 2023.
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Fresh Science is a national competition and training program helping early-career researchers find and share their stories of discovery.
We take young researchers with no media experience and help them become media spokespeople for their science, and reach stakeholders in government and industry.
Fresh Science gives finalists a taste of life in the limelight, with a day of media training, a day of training in stakeholder engagement, and a public event in their home state.
Alumni of the program include Professor Allan Duffy and Dr Niraj Lal.
Read some of the fresh science we discovered in 2021 here.
