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At UNSW, you can be involved in more than 200 discoveries and new technologies. We believe that with the right support and investment, they have the power to change the world.
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Next Generation Materials
Hydrogen BBQ!
A safer BBQ that is 'flameless' - perfect for hot climates like Australia, where fire bans are almost synonymous with the prime barbecuing weather of summer! The H2Q is a hydrogen-powered barbecue that has no explosive gas bottles or electric cords. It's portable and great for indoor or outdoor use, making it more convenient than current electric, gas and charcoal BBQ grills.
Biomedical Sciences
Wireless medical device implants
UNSW researchers have developed the next generation of conductive polymers for safer, non-metallic, wireless medical device implants.
Next Generation Materials
Sensing implant wear using nanocomposites
A nanocomposite sensor material for orthopaedic implants that monitors stability, stress and any signals of implant failure.
Water, Environment and Sustainability
Water purification in remote locations
A solar powered, scalable solution to address water decontamination and purification primarily for developing countries.
Biomedical Sciences
Bionic hands that feel
Bionic limbs with sensory feedback developed by UNSW researchers, will provide patients with a more sensitive and enhanced feeling of touch.
Next Generation Materials
Partner Technology: Arizona State University
Multifunctional Coating For The Prevention of Icing
This technology was developed at Arizona State University (ASU) and is available for license.
Biomedical Sciences
A wearable sunburn sensor !
A patch for effective UV & sun protection. The "smart" paper-based patch that changes colour in sunlight could provide an affordable tool to help prevent sunburn and deadly skin cancers. This could be the best sunburn prevention ever !
Biomedical Sciences
Hearing restoration with gene therapy
A gene therapy platform to restore hearing
Next Generation Materials
Removing moisture and odours
A carbon based desiccant that outperforms silica gel. Removes moisture and smells easily, especially where it's really needed!
ICT & Robotics
Quadseal: Protection for your encrypted information
Ensuring storage of your personal information is secure is vital. Quadseal protects encrypted information from attack and hacking.
Next Generation Materials
Coalsim - Predict gas production from coal seam gas reservoirs
An invention that predicts gas production from coal seam gas reservoirs with greater accuracy to improve gas yield calculations. Coal seam gas accounts for 27% of Australian gas reserves; is set to supply at least 30% of Australia's domestic market by 2030, and 50% of gas demand in eastern Australia.
Biomedical Sciences
Safe targeted anticoagulants
Reducing the risks of bleeding out during surgery with safer anticoagulants.
Biomedical Sciences
Improved Milk Protein Separation
A separation membrane system that reduces membrane fouling.
"NSi has facilitated partnerships with industry to enable researchers to engage with industry to develop cutting edge ideas into reality. This partnership with NSi is all about converting passion and possibility into reality."
Professor Veena Sahajwalla
Director, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology
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UNSW shares with its many partners a committment to pioneering research and innovation.
Next Generation Materials
Wireless, light activated electrochemistry
Electrochemical devices, without wires!
Next Generation Materials
Cheaper hydrogen fuel
The world's most efficient water-splitting electrode has been created by UNSW researchers. The electrode catalyst for hydrogen production is cheap, efficient, stable, metal-free and nitrogen-free and it's a market-ready process.
Biomedical Sciences
A potential therapeutic for treatment of HIV/AIDS
The need of effective and cheaper treatments for HIV is critical due to increasing infection rates across the world. This invention attacks the achilles heel of HIV.
Defence & Security
Better airport security - Explosive detection device
Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) is a highly sensitive spectroscopic measurement technique enabling real time analysis for applications such as airport explosive detection.
Biomedical Sciences
Bionic implant to treat Parkinson's
A simple 'coating' on a bionic implant could hold the key to better treatments for hearing loss, Parkinson's and other central nervous system diseases.
Next Generation Materials
A simple, versatile polymerization technique
This ultra-fast, oxygen-tolerant, visible light induced technique produces nontoxic polymers which have low polydispersity indices.
Biomedical Sciences
Visible-light cured dental and surgical materials
This invention is a new method to produce safer, non-toxic, more durable resins for the dental and medical professions.
Next Generation Materials
Advancing Hydrogen generation and storage
Controlled capture and release of gases
Biomedical Sciences
Tissue regeneration on a plate
This invention is one of the latest breakthroughs in stem cell research - a unique culture protocol that provides an effective method for tissue regeneration.
Biomedical Sciences
Review pathology results - from anywhere in the world in minutes
Designed to connect scientists and medical practitioners world-wide, this technology has just been licensed.
Next Generation Materials
Tougher bearings, bushes and gear motors
This technology is a leap ahead for brass alloys. ‘Low-Cost High Entropy Brasses’ (HEBs) with their unique alloy composition are up to 20% cheaper.
Next Generation Materials
Quality control for producing more powerful solar cells
A new tool to measure the photoluminescence of solar cells, quickly, with more flexibility than ever before.
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"I have had tremendous support from the entire NSi team over the past few years as my team have developed new patents and worked to find commercial partners for our silicon quantum computing technologies."
Professor Andrew Dzurak
Scientia Professor in Nanoelectronics School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, UNSW
Next Generation Materials
Stop power outages - a new way to keep ice off power lines
It’s a low cost solution to de-ice power lines when it matters most, in cold climates and ice storms.
Biomedical Sciences
Helping our elderly: Cell-based tools for Alzheimer’s Disease drug screening
Disease-specific iPSCs provide a powerful research tool to test small molecule candidates for treating diseases.
Biomedical Sciences
A treatment for acute brain injury
Brain injury is a major medical and socio-economic problem globally and is one of the leading causes of death and disability. 'Genistein' is a neuroprotective treatment for brain injury.
Biomedical Sciences
Drug delivery solutions
A versatile nano-sized drug delivery system based on albumin offers multiple drug delivery solutions.
Biomedical Sciences
Treatment for neurodegenerative diseases
Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron and Huntington's Disease could all be treated much more efficiently in the future. A discovery to promote neuronal regeneration.
Biomedical Sciences
A 'non-invasive' easy test for inflammatory bowel disease
This invention will provide faster and accurate testing that can be performed by your local doctor.
Next Generation Materials
Tribological Testing
Efficiently measuring heat produced during tribological testing. Tribometers have traditionally relied upon estimations of heat generated from friction and wear of different surfaces.
Biomedical Sciences
Easing the pain of inflammation - Arthritis vaccine
Spondyloarthropathies (SpAs) are a family of inflammatory processes associated with HLA B27 polymorphism that develop into a number of conditions such as fusion of the spine or ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
Biomedical Sciences
Printing with Biomolecules
A new method to incorporate biomolecules into printed materials.
Next Generation Materials
Safer, compact Hydrogen storage
A world-first material to effectively store hydrogen for use as a safe, carbon emission free energy source.
Water, Environment and Sustainability
Solving global water shortages
UNSW researchers have developed an efficient Ion Exchange (IEX) desalination technology which is superior and lower in cost to the current state of the art technologies.
Biomedical Sciences
3D X-Ray Reconstruction
A method for reconstructing 3D images from an almost standard 2D x-ray setup. The sensor developed by UNSW generates representation of the internal structure using x-ray radiation.
Next Generation Materials
Precision Plastics
An invention to produce specialised plastics to meet highly sophisticated industry design needs.
Next Generation Materials
Superior brass fittings and fixtures
A new class easily machinable and formable brasses. Superior physical and mechanical properties. Lighter in weight and 20% cheaper to produce than regular brasses.
Biomedical Sciences
Slowing Alzheimer's Disease
A treatment to slow the progress and possibly even cure Alzheimer's Disease has been discovered by UNSW researchers.
ICT & Robotics
Efficient image and video compression for surveillance and media applications
A software prototype which allows motion images and video to be efficiently compressed to maximise bandwidth and maintain image quality.
Next Generation Materials
Getting to the core of the problem
Lower cost, and faster set up time for triaxial strength testing of diamond drill cores of rock or concrete.
