Technology Stories

Factory funding for lickable diabetes test

A world-first, pain-free diabetes test developed at the University of Newcastle could be in the hands of consumers following $6.3 million in funding to establish the first manufacturing facility for the device.

TMOS lights the way

Researchers at the ANU-led ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) are producing the light-based technologies that are needed to meet the evolving demands of Industry 4.0.

Superpowered stitches

Medical sutures could provide a conduit to deliver anti-inflammatory treatments directly into damaged tissue. Recent research has demonstrated that drugs can be drawn along the threads of the stitches themselves before being widely dispersed into soft tissue models.

Personalising nutrition

A wearable smart patch could deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.

Dancing helium

University of Queensland researchers are using a fluid that never settles to create quantum tornadoes on a chip.