Engineering
Anything but a drip: Working on the worldwide water crisis
Professor Peter Scales on Australia's water resilience and new technologies to improve global water efficiencies.
Game, set, match: Mr Robot
Imagine a robot that could one day beat us in a game of tennis. A young University of Melbourne engineer wants to make this a reality.
It’s Back to the Future: The day has arrived
It may have been science fiction in 1985, but hoverboards and much of the technology predicted in the Back to the Future trilogy has become real.
The women rebels, geniuses and pioneers who inspired us
To celebrate Ada Lovelace day, some of our leading women academics from science and engineering discuss the female pioneers who inspired them.
New technologies to quench a thirsty world
With the world facing global water shortages, new technologies are helping farmers and others use this precious resource more efficiently.
The rise of the machines: Fact or fiction?
Will we one day have robot overlords? University of Melbourne robotics and artificial intelligence researchers look into the future.
Engineering a safer future in Nepal
Days after a massive earthquake tore through his homeland, Nepalese student Tilak Pokharel was on a plane, putting years of learning to good use.