Swinburne Uni is supporting two research projects investigating bioplastics: one into the use of ingredients from renewable sources, the other into the properties of biopolymers that determine their ‘compostability’.

Nanoparticles that selectively scatter blue light can promote algae metabolism and growth greater than 30 percent.

With plenty of food why do 1 billion people still go hungry or are malnourished? By 2050 we will have another 3 billion people. What is sustainable intensification and where does science fit into this picture?

A novel approach to arsenic removal could lead to a quick and inexpensive purification of drinking water in developing countries.

Previously unknown species of bacteria are helping reduce the environmental impacts of alumina and aluminium production and saving the industries millions of dollars, a researcher at The University of Western Australia has found.

Genes that protect arctic bacteria from the cold have been inserted into a bacterial pathogen that, when injected into mice, produce a protective immune response before dying from body’s heat.

Scientist plan to turn cells from endangered animals into sperm and eggs to save them from extinction. Could this money be better spent saving many more species from becoming endangered in the first place?

Scientists have taken a promising step toward the goal of generating a new source of clean energy, using little more than sunlight and water.

A key gene that trades off a plant’s size with its resistance to disease has been found.

Australian scientists have developed a technology to supercharge photosynthesis and boost a plant’s biomass and useable energy.