ADI Director takes tough stance on Australia’s aid program
Professor Fethi Mansouri, Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute, argues Australia is not pulling its weight in the global community.
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Deakin announces Doctoral scholarships
India-based postgraduate students planning to study in Australia will have more reason to choose Deakin for their Higher Degree by Research.
Energy storage boost for nation
A multi-million dollar ARC Training Centre at Deakin will propel innovations in energy production across the nation.
Adolescents’ struggle: is a generation at risk?
World-leading experts on child development are calling for global action to address risk factors and improve support for adolescents.
In their own words – Professor Samantha Hepburn
If Professor Samantha Hepburn’s original career aspirations had gone to plan, she would now be a top barrister “fighting the good fight through the courts”. Fortunately for Deakin, the renewable energy sector and the planet, fate intervened.
Future of carbon fibre is here
Thanks to breakthrough Deakin research, the University and LeMond Composites have joined forces in a $58 m deal to revolutionise the use of carbon fibre across the world.
Prime Ministers open expanded TERI-Deakin Nanobiotech Centre
New facilities in India will help researchers tackle problems of global significance.
Turning blue jeans green
Jeans are the world’s most popular clothing item, but they come with a hefty price tag for the planet.
Teabags to aid battle against climate change
Scientists are calling on citizen scientists around the world and the humble teabag in the battle against climate change.
Plasma researcher on the bubble
Deakin scientist Dr Jane Dai and her team have developed a game-changing technique for creating liquid plasma.
Deakin seals Virtual partnership
A partnership with EON Reality marks the next step in Deakin’s Virtual Reality research.
Tipping the scales in favour of action on obesity
Thirty-four leading community, public health, medical and academic groups have joined the call for urgent Federal Government action to address Australia’s serious obesity problem.
The AI dilemma: can we trust robots?
This future is just a hairsbreadth away, and excites and frightens most of us in equal measure.
Indigenous perspective lays out a path to save the planet
A new book could help challenge the complexity of sustainability and climate change.
Artist and their labels – who owns what?
What kind of rights do artists have to their own work?
Marine megafauna catch the sun
When it comes to crossing the ocean, all marine megafauna seem to use the same navigational compass – the sun.