Associate Professor Darryl Jones grew up in the bush, where he spent far too much time chasing frogs and watching birds. Wildlife has always fascinated him, especially the behaviour of…
The future of network security
Information is now a vital part of our economy and our society, from the millions of digital transactions happening daily to our personal tax and medical records. And just as we use armored…
Who invented the first computer?
Jessica Korte is a PhD candidate with the Griffith School of Information and Communication Technology. Her research will create a method for designing technologies with young Deaf children. Transcript In…
Spinal injury research
Glial cells are essential for the maintenance of normal healthy nerve cells, but what happens when nerve cells are injured? Do the glial cells contribute to the repair, how quickly…
We can have our fish and eat them too
Dr Chris Brown from the Australian Rivers Institute research is focused on striking a sustainable balance between the importance of fish for human consumption as well as to the health of marine ecosystems….
How 3D printing is breaking the mould
Associate Professor Jennifer Loy has a PhD in Industrial Design and background in design for mass production. Her research interests focus on digital fabrication, in particular 3D printing and its…
The real-life ‘hobbits’ of Indonesia
Dr Adam Brumm is a senior research fellow in archaeology at Griffith University. He has spent more than a decade searching for the fossil ancestors of the Indonesian ‘hobbits’ (Homo…
The way we fund Australian transport projects is nonsensical
Dr Matthew Burke is deputy director and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the Urban Research Program. His research is mainly in how transport systems, land uses and travel…
New medicine from nature
Parkinson’s disease is a complex neurological condition that is incurable and its cause is not understood. An estimated 80, 000 Australians live with Parkinson’s disease and with our ageing population…
How the worlds thinnest material will change our lives
There’s been growing interest in a material called graphene that could revolutionize the way a whole range of technologies look and work, from phones to tvs, body armour to testing…