Swinburne is an internationally recognised research-intensive university that is focused on delivering research that creates economic and social impact.

Our researchers are producing innovative research solutions to real-world problems across a range of disciplines and sectors.

Feature articles

  • Take-home lessons on diabetes data

    Take-home lessons on diabetes data

    Twenty years in the making, an app for better diabetes self-management could ease the burden on Australia’s healthcare system.

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  • Rust treatment gets legs

    Rust treatment gets legs

    The Royal Australian Navy spends millions of dollars each year repairing rust. A high-temperature coating from Swinburne might help keep vessels shipshape.

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  • Intellegent way to soak up the sun

    Intellegent way to soak up the sun

    Environmentally friendly solar panels using organic dyes aren’t commercially viable yet. But artificial intelligence and chemistry can make them a reality.

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  • Listening like a life depends on it

    Listening like a life depends on it

    Professor Richard Osborne’s Ophelia process is helping the likes of the World Health Organisation to listen, improving health for the disadvantaged.

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  • City tree changers

    City tree changers

     

    Nature can help our fast-growing cities develop sustainably and create better places to live.

     

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  • Inventions

    Inventions

    Swinburne’s most recent products range from a one-shot solution for cattle ticks, to implant coatings, and gold detectors using cosmic rays.

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Highlights

  • Easy wheezy – a straightforward passage to asthma control

    • Health
    Easy wheezy – a straightforward passage to asthma control
    A take-home device that measures wheeze could help millions to manage their respiratory diseases.
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    Friday 24 January 2020

  • Putting humanitarian work on the map

    • Social Affairs
    Putting humanitarian work on the map
    Australia’s community services have reaped the rewards of data crunching projects that transform complex social information into visual tools.
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    Thursday 23 January 2020

  • Future-proofing Australia’s smaller manufacturers

    • Technology
    Future-proofing Australia’s smaller manufacturers
    Swinburne’s Factory of the Future is building strategies for creating next-gen products and new service models for small-to medium-sized enterprises.
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    Thursday 23 January 2020

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