by Milly Phelps | Jun 7, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
Research engineers from the University of Wollongong (UOW) have joined forces to form a new network aimed at advancing women’s participation in engineering. Dr Marcella Bernardo Papini and Dr Mainã Portella Garcia established the Women’s Research Engineering Network...
by Eliza Lourenco | May 19, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
Feature photo: David Clode on Unsplash The death toll from unprovoked shark attacks rose to its highest level since 1934 last year. Research into the surge indicates the La Niña event and climate change may be responsible. A research paper from 2019 analysed...
by Emily Perkins | May 12, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
University of Wollongong and ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterial Science researchers have found seaweed molecules can help heal wounds. The scientists worked in collaboration with Venus Shell Systems to show the ‘magic molecules’ resemble those...
by Lleyton Hughes | May 12, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
University of Wollongong (UOW) Associate Professor Danielle Skropeta has been selected as one of the new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) ambassadors. Professor Skropeta, the Deputy Director of Molecular Horizons and a member of the Royal...
by Britney Dukes | May 11, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
University of Wollongong researchers have created new artificial muscle by replicating the double helix DNA. This replica was created by using everyday materials, such as a sewing thread, which allowed the researchers to create small artificial muscles. For the...
by Joel Beatton | Apr 14, 2021 | News, Tech & Research
A University of Wollongong academic has marked a career highlight by having his work published in one of the world’s leading science journals. Dr Solomon Buckman’s research on how wildfires sculpt rock formations across Australia has been published in Nature...
