Detecting the ‘drop dead’ drug—fentanyl

Fentanyl is 50–100 times more powerful than morphine, and it's fuelling a spike in overdose deaths in Australia. We've created a new way to detect this drug.

Kick the tires and light the fires: our science is taking off at the Avalon Airshow

We’re up where we belong at the Avalon Airshow, showing off our breakthrough research in the aerospace industry.

An Illustration of the H1N1 Influenza Virus.

Clamping down on the mysterious Disease X

We're working with CEPI and The University of Queensland on “just in time” technologies to fight the next global pandemic.

An artist’s impression of a robot

Robots of the future: it’s about to get weird

In a just published paper our scientists have offered a bold glimpse into what the robots of the future could look like – and it’s not “Robby the Robot”.

Illustration of Clostridium difficile bacteria

From the trenches to today, the superbug war never ends

The world needs new, stronger antibiotics. We’re helping an Australian company make a powerful candidate commercially viable.

drone in the sky

Getting more carbon fibre in our industrial diet

We’re developing world leading carbon fibre to help create a new Australian industry, and spur technological breakthroughs.

This is heavy: Big K dumped

The kilogram has been redefined, changing from a physical object called the ‘Big K’ to a fundamental law of physics.

As the demand for battery technology increases so too does demand rise for the raw materials that go into them

Supercharging battery metals

With global demand for battery technology set to soar, Australia is well placed to deliver the raw materials and take advantage of a battery metal bonanza.

man in lab safety gear in biomedical lab

A booster shot for Australian biomedical start ups

Aussie biotech start-ups will soon have access to state of the art, early-stage biologics manufacturing facility making it faster for them to bring new life-saving treatments to clinical trials.

A painting of two Tasmanian tigers standing – tan coloured dog like animals with black tiger stripes on back and tail.

Using microscopy to grab the Tassie tiger by the tail

With the help of modern technology and a few antique hairs, we’ve learned a little bit more about the Tasmanian tiger.

Baraja @CSIRO: better self-driving cars on the cards

Our start-up savvy and world class facilities have helped put LIDAR company Baraja on the 3D, laser directed map.

Oh the places you’ll go (with a career in science)!

Like to see the world? Considering a STEM career? Why not combine the two? In the words of Dr Seuss: “Out there things can happen, and frequently do, to people as brainy and footsy as you”.