Archer Materials’ 12CQ carbon-based semiconductor chips will drive the development of a quantum computing processor that can operate in our daily lives. Archer Materials Limited is an ASX-listed company developing the next generation of semiconductors for an increasingly mobile and data-centric world. Its innovative technology utilizes carbon-based qubits rather than traditional silicon-based semiconductors for quantum …
Artist Deirdre Feeney’s creative application of microfabrication processes in her visual artwork MirrorMirror led to novel artistic outcomes and the necessity to push the boundaries of ANFF-SA’s surface polishing capabilities. Artists are increasingly collaborating with scientists and engineers to problem solve and creatively apply STEM methodologies into artworks. University of South Australia Contemporary Art lecturer …
The ANFF-Vic hub at Deakin University is providing the tools and expertise to convert old clothes into new fashion and substantially reduce the waste produced by this industry. Through modern consumption patterns, society discards an ever-increasing amount of material waste. In particular, the textile industry is a significant consumer of fresh water, pesticides and …
Poised to increase in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment success rates, a team of pioneering Australian researchers have developed an automated microfluidic platform to standardise complex IVF processes. In Australia alone, one in six couples is affected by infertility problems. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is the most effective assisted reproductive technology, used to help couples with …
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Protecting the world from homemade explosives Researchers from Victoria University have developed an innovative new approach for rapid screening of peroxide-based ‘homemade’ improvised explosive devices (IEDs). IEDs sow the seeds of death and destruction, and the terrorists and criminals that create them seek to spread fear, destabilise governments and divide society. IEDs based on explosives …
Making Quantum Truly Scalable Diraq, the recently incorporated start-up company from the Dzurak Group at UNSW, are the global leaders in developing silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor (SiMOS) quantum-dot qubit devices for quantum computing. In 1964, Richard Feynman, Nobel Laureate and the father of nanotechnology, said, ‘I think I can safely say that nobody really understands quantum mechanics.’ …
Making high tech medical gels with Australian spinifex grass From nanotechnology to Indigenous empowerment A new company, Trioda Wilingi, has announced that they plan to develop innovative medical gels from cellulose nanofibres extracted from spinifex grass harvested in north-west Queensland. The company is majority owned by Indigenous Australians and will commercialise patented technology developed with the help …
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The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) provides researchers and industry with micro and nanofabrication equipment and expertise, nurturing national advancement in critical fabrication technologies. ANFF’s innovative, open access infrastructure is essential to keep Australia at the forefront of global research and to foster pioneering solutions to real world problems. Unfortunately, many technical advances do not …
