We spend our lives surrounded by hi-tech materials and chemicals that make our batteries, solar cells and mobile phones work. But developing new technologies requires time-consuming, expensive and even dangerous…
New online portal links Australia’s researchers: CASPeR
Griffith University has produced a major new online resource for Australia‘s researchers, the Compounds Australia Structure PoRtal (known as “CASPeR”) is an online portal providing access to the data of…
Can you teach a koala new tricks?
Griffith University researchers have found that koalas are more clever than they thought them to be in a world-first study that tracked the Australian animal more comprehensively than ever before…
Pokemon Go the new way to market
Move over Facebook, Pokemon Go has become the new place to market yourself as businesses start to incorporate the popular game into their marketing strategies. Griffith University’s Start-up Entrepreneurs Club…
Urban hacktivism: getting creative about involving citizens in city planning
Urban and regional planning, as an institutional practice, is increasingly criticised for failing to meet ordinary citizens’ needs. Enter “urban hacktivism”. Fusing hacking and activism, the term has previously referred to…
Deadly soil bug can reach the brain in a day
A deadly bacteria that can be picked up by a simple sniff can travel to the brain and spinal cord in just 24 hours, a new Griffith University and Bond…
The Rise of the Chatbots
Science is continuously changing and evolving and testing the limits from fiction to reality. Ever wondered what it would be like to have your own robotic personal assistant? Senior Lecturer…
EVENT: REGIONAL PLANNING FOR SUCCESSFUL CITIES
Cities are often thought of as organic structures that ‘grow’ and ‘evolve,’ to meet the changing needs of their citizens. They have a ‘heart,’ ‘arterial’ corridors, ‘a soul’ and they…
The last 100,000 years of human evolution
How did we evolve? We’ve all heard of Neanderthals but how many people know that modern humans lived with two other kinds of humans 100,000 years ago? Internationally renowned palaeoanthropologist…
Research leads to Great Barrier Reef rescue purchase
Leading geomorphologist Dr Andrew Brooks says the Queensland Government’s plan to rehabilitate grazing land to improve water quality of the Great Barrier Reef is based on “good science”. The State Government…