In the pervasively connected world of the 21st century, creating and sharing knowledge has never been easier. But the fact remains that many people still lack the skills required to…
Climate Change Resilience Project in Bangladesh
Imagine walking 7 km every day to collect 15L of safe water for your family. Imagine that you might need to tie up your small children so that they don’t…
Are we smarter than Dinosaurs?
Guest lecture from NASA’s Jenn Gustetic 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs had a very, very bad day thanks to an asteroid at least 10 km wide. Since 1998, NASA…
Lab on a Chip
A chemical explosion has disbursed a toxin across inner city suburbs. Hundreds of people are presenting at hospital even though only a fraction have come into contact with the poison….
Pawsey Medal 2014
Professor Geoff Pryde from the Centre for Quantum Dynamics has been awarded the 2014 Pawsey Medal by The Australian Academy of Science. The awarded recognises outstanding service to Australia science in the field of…
Professor Jon Olley profile
How much information can a single grain of sand give you? According to the Australian Rivers Institute’s Professor Jon Olley quite a bit: from the origins of Australia’s cultural history…
Monitoring poisons without passports
The United Nations describes persistent organic pollutants as: … chemical substances that persist in the environment, bio-accumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to…
Top 100 most influential women
Kirsty Wright, a senior lecturer in Forensic Biology and an internationally renowned DNA profiling expert, has been named as a finalist in this year’s 100 Women of Influence Awards staged by The Australian…
Launch
Impact @ Griffith Sciences launched on the 26 November. The suite of publications from Griffith University’s Sciences Group includes this website, a quarterly digital magazine and a public lecture series in Brisbane…
Eskitis imagery
Every year the Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery holds a scientific photography competition, open to staff and students, to capture striking and real research images. Visualisation of processes within cells…