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Making waste plastic fantastic

With China no longer accepting Australian waste, an innovative home-grown solution is planned to turn plastic and used tyres into fuel.

Sankar Bhattacharya Professor, Chemical Engineering

With China no longer accepting Australian waste, an innovative home-grown solution is planned to turn plastic and used tyres into fuel.

Technology and engineering

Breath of fresh air for gas masks

A global-first collaboration is set to radically overhaul technology that's remained unchanged for more than a century.

Matthew Hill Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

A global-first collaboration is set to radically overhaul technology that's remained unchanged for more than a century.

Medicine and health

When the home helps out

Improving house design through technology is a major step in assisting those with disabilities to live independently.

Libby Callaway Occupational therapist

Improving house design through technology is a major step in assisting those with disabilities to live independently.

Medicine and health

On a mission to combat depression

Two smartphone apps are designed to serve as a 'safety net' for those struggling with anxiety or depression.

Nikki Rickard Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Psychological Sciences

Two smartphone apps are designed to serve as a 'safety net' for those struggling with anxiety or depression.

Technology and engineering

Helping intelligence analysts get it right

A multimillion-dollar project aims to decrease the guesswork through crowdsourcing of a different kind.

Kevin Korb Associate Professor, Reader, Faculty of Information Technology

A multimillion-dollar project aims to decrease the guesswork through crowdsourcing of a different kind.

Technology and engineering

Revived? Tullamarine airport and Monash rail links

The long-touted links to Tullamarine and Monash have again been revived, but questions remain over the plans.

Graham Currie Director of Monash Infrastructure, Chair of Public Transport, Professor in Transport Engineering

The long-touted links to Tullamarine and Monash have again been revived, but questions remain over the plans.

Technology and engineering

Turbo-charged medicine

Techniques used in aerospace research have led to surprising insights into asthma inhalers – with potentially life-changing results.

Damon Honnery Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Techniques used in aerospace research have led to surprising insights into asthma inhalers – with potentially life-changing results.

Technology and engineering

Baffled by baseload? Dumbfounded by dispatchables?

The term “energy crisis” is bandied around quite loosely with some confusion around whether the crisis is about prices or security of supply.

Ariel Liebman Energy Materials and Systems

The term “energy crisis” is bandied around quite loosely with some confusion around whether the crisis is about prices or security of supply.

Technology and engineering

Melbourne public transport: a wish list

Victoria has been allocated almost $7.8 billion for public transport infrastructure in the federal budget. But what are the long-term solutions?

Graham Currie Director of Monash Infrastructure, Chair of Public Transport, Professor in Transport Engineering

Victoria has been allocated almost $7.8 billion for public transport infrastructure in the federal budget. But what are the long-term solutions?

Technology and engineering

The cryptocurrency pioneer

Before the invention of bitcoin, Joseph Liu was playing with an idea that would cut out the middle man in online currency exchange.

Joseph Liu Senior lecturer, Clayton School of Information Technology

Before the invention of bitcoin, Joseph Liu was playing with an idea that would cut out the middle man in online currency exchange.