Andi Horvath speaks to physicist Ken Crozier about the radical changes to many industries based on advances in nanomaterials.

Watching penguin parents arrive on shore at dusk is an amazing experience, but even more amazing is their next task: finding their own mates and chick(s) among the assemblage of black and white, and fluffy grey. By Andi Horvath.

Just as Victorian voters will soon be heading to the polls, some insects also live within a democratic society. New research shows why such social relationships evolve in insects, and why they are maintained, Nerissa Hannink reports.

The critically endangered Eastern Barred Bandicoot is getting some help from science in the dating game, Nerissa Hannink reports.

A team of University of Melbourne students is hoping to bring about positive change in public health and animal welfare in Sikkim, in the Himalayan foothills of North-Eastern India, through a pilot education project with Vets Beyond Borders.

A team including researchers from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering recently won the Land Defence Australia National Industry Innovation Award for development of a new lightweight, ceramic armour material that links innovation, collaboration and the manufacturing sector in Victoria. By Annie Rahilly.