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Research News
	CeramiSpheres - the big business of tiny balls Have you got a problem delivering a molecule to a specific destination - say a drug to a part of the body or an ingredient to a specific part of your product? Why not deliver it in a purpose-built tiny sphere of silica? Researchers at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have devised an ingenious chemical delivery system that does just that, and it's called CeramiSpheres. The system involves the production of tiny silica spheres that can carry a wide range of 'payload' molecules which can be released at a controllable rate. ---more

Tin Tacks
	Nanotech for breakkie Last month, Future Materials in conjunction with the Brisbane Technology Park and the Centre for Business and Industry presented a breakfast seminar on Nanotechnology to approximately 140 participants in Brisbane. ---more

Know your material
	Plastics in cars - future directions in automotives Since 1970 there has been a 350% increase by weight in the use of plastics in cars with the average European and Australian car now containing approximately 14.5% and 8.5% plastic by weight respectively. Early examples included fuel tanks and engine mounts. Then came seat shells, back rests, headlamp lenses with radiator grilles, instrument panel carriers, bumpers and wheel trims amongst the latest applications. ---more

Sensational Materials
	Turning waste ash to green gold Using some clever chemistry, researchers in the CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development (CCSD) have developed a novel process for turning waste fly-ash into 'designer' fertilisers which feed the roots of crops as they need it. ---more


	Flawed car parts Australian manufacturers can increase car part exports and save millions of dollars by implementing a new system that uses ultrasonic inspection to identify faulty car parts. ---more


	From poison to solar panels Research on ways to make the active ingredients in a frog's venom led to the creation of a strange new plastic which glowed green if an electrical current passed through it. ---more

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