Student success

Popcorn, microwaves and cancer research helped AIBN PhD scholar Firasti Sumadi win over the crowd at UQ’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final.

What if batteries were non-toxic, non-flammable, cheap, abundant, and fully recyclable? AIBN and industry partner Energy Storage Industries (ESI) are chasing this very goal thanks to a new industry collaboration supported by the National Industry PhD Program (NIPP).

University of Queensland PhD student Hemanshi Galaiya has been named a 2025 Universitas 21 Leader of the Future, recognised for her work expanding access to STEM education for under-resourced students in Kenya.

A thin, flexible gold sensor engineered at the AIBN has the potential to unlock the next generation of implantable medical devices.

AIBN scientists are working on a cleaner, greener way to keep our planes in the air as we transition to a net-zero world.

What makes a leader? The person with the loudest voice? An unmatched drive to be seen and heard? PhD scholar Nyakuoy Yak says there's no reason it can't be someone sitting quietly behind a microscope.

A month in California was a source of hope and wonder for AIBN PhD scholar Michaela George, but it also showed her just how hard you need to work crack the start-up world.  

Researchers at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology have pioneered a simple, fast and effective technique to remove PFAS chemicals from water.  

Science, for many, is a series of experiments: recreating specific conditions to find the correct answer. But what happens when the lab walls dissolve and a researcher lands in the real world?

Dr Michaela Blyton is working to fill a number of crucial information gaps that could tell us how to better care for, protect, and treat koalas, and halt the species' worrying decline.