Griffith University researchers are tackling the enormous global health problem of malaria through innovative approaches to develop new vaccine and drug candidates. At Griffith’s two leading biomedical research institutes –…
The Raymond Dart Lecture with Professor Bernard Wood: ORIGINS
‘Origins’ research in palaeoanthropology mainly focuses on three origins problems. The origin of our own lineage, the origin of our own genus, Homo, and the origin of our own species, Homo sapiens. In…
High Performance Renewable Batteries from 16th Century Chinese medicine
Inspired by 16th century Chinese medicine, Professor Eddie Zhang and his team from the Centre for Clean Environment and Energy have turned to nature for solutions to improve the performance of…
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Desal plants a ‘hidden asset’ for power, water
Renewable hydropower generated from desalination plants and other existing infrastructure would bring economic and environmental benefits to our biggest cities, according to research from Griffith University. Based on studies focused…
Unlocking the gates to quantum computing
Researchers have overcome one of the key challenges to quantum computing by simplifying a complex quantum logic operation. They demonstrated this by experimentally realising a challenging circuit, the quantum Fredkin…
Planting the seeds of innovation; native plants gardening app
Helping gardeners choose the best local plants to beautiful their home and beat the spread of weeds is the subject of an app being developed by Griffith University and Gold…
Australian coal v renewables: how much will it cost to bring electricity to India’s poor?
The Australian government continues to claim that coal will play a vital role in bringing cheap energy to developing nations. In particular, it’s claimed India’s poor will benefit from the…
Explainer: making waves in science
We see them at the beach. They’re behind every sound and light show and the miracle of Wi-Fi. And now, thanks to what’s being called the discovery of the century,…
Innovative new medicines for malaria prevention
Malaria is a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted by certain types of mosquitoes. The severity of malaria can range from flu-like symptoms to coma and death. In 2015 the…