Nature-harnessing technologies are key to effectively and sustainably restoring contaminated ecosystems, using naturally occurring microorganisms to clean up contamination from oil and other organic pollutants in soils, groundwater and water bodies. The bioremediation process both destroys contaminants and restores an…
Human pressures on the planet as a whole – the ‘Earth System’ – have now become so great that scientists have proposed that we have now left the Holocene, the geologic epoch that has been humanity’s accommodating home for…
Every year, final year PhD candidates present their doctoral studies to compete for the Young Scientist Research Prizes that recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists. Eight students present under the four categories: Biological Sciences, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Earth…
Consistent with the theme of “Possible Impossibles”, six undergraduate students presented STEM solutions to global challenges in the Let’s Torque Grand Finals. The finalists aimed to bridge the gap between researchers and society by communicating innovative STEM developments to the…