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2012

30.04.12 $4.7 million Laureate research program seeks medical bionics breakthroughs
The Australian Laureate Fellowship research program has been launched at ACES

27.04.12 Opportunities for the Illawarra at AdFab2012
Support from the manufacturing industry at the ACES fabrication conference

29.03.12 Prof MacFarlane presents at American Chemical Society meeting
View the video of Prof MacFarlane presenting at the ACS press conference

29.03.12 Out of the lab and into the pool
ACES staff raise big bucks for charity in a 24 hour swim

22.03.12 Electromaterials students to ACE intern opportunity
Undergrad students kick off internships alongside leading international researchers

22.03.12 ACES drives global water splitting consortium
ACES researchers establish international collaboration for hydrogen production

06.03.12 Sodium the new lithium
Deakin University Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Maria Forsyth, has told ABC Radio National’s Future Tense program that sodium could be the new lithium in the search to find better ways to store green energy. Listen to the full interview on Future Tense.

27.02.12 New Bionic devices a reality?

23.02.12 BioFabrication Symposium attracts top minds
Functional materials are changing industries from medical to technology

14.02.12 One of the great personalities of Science honoured
The Leon Kane-Maguire Address was held on Friday at Innovation Campus
Story also reported on UOW media website: 'IC Theatre named in honour of late Leon Kane-Maguire'

01.02.12 Bullet Proof Graphene
ACES researchers have developed the toughest fibres to date, tougher than spider silk and Kevlar
Story also reported on UOW media website

26.01.12 Over 1000 citations!
The Nature (Nanotechnology) paper , ‘Processable aqueous dispersions of graphene nanosheets’ printed in 2008 has had over 1000 citations in just 4 years!!  These authors produced a stable dispersion of Graphene in water without the need for additional chemical stabilisers. Click here to read the original news story 'Discovery promises major advances in energy conversion and storage'.

19.01.12 New members to the ACES International Advisory Board
Four new members are welcomed to the board for 2012