The drawback of many renewable energy sources is that the power produced is intermittent (wind, solar) and peak energy generation rarely matches peak usage. The recent announcement by Tesla of the Li-ion based residential battery storage system the Powerwall has many people considering going off the grid and relying upon their solar panels to generate their electricity, storing it with their own battery and using it on demand.
Ultra high vacuum science. Sticking samples in chambers which hold one trillionth of the number of atoms per unit volume than the lab you’re standing in. […]
By Dr Andrew Blok Whilst water is one of the Earth’s most abundant resources, the majority of it exists as salt water which is unsuitable for […]
By Julius Zieleniecki, Supervisor – Ingo Koeper Drug research over the last decade has become increasingly directed toward designing molecules which target specific active sites of peptides or […]
By Michael Wilson – Supervisor Amanda Ellis As scientists we like to think that we’re pretty awesome. Not just because we’re probing the secrets of the […]
In May of this year, two very well known guys from TV land came to Adelaide with the promise of a show like no other. There […]
By Joshua Britton (Supervisor – Colin Raston) Flow chemistry is a thriving area in the chemical sciences due to the ability to synthesise large volumes of […]
Dr Jackie Knobloch, Supervisor Dr Ingo Koeper Neutron reflectometry is a technique used to study the structure of interfaces and thin films on a sub-molecular scale. […]
Congratulations to Research Leader Professor Gunther Andersson and PhD candidate Chris Ridings on the image from their article making the front cover of the journal Chemical […]