Congratulations to the following ANFF-NSW users recognised as this year’s Eureka Prize finalists
ANSTO Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology
The UNSW Night-time solar team (Team lead: Professor Ned Ekins-Daukes) have demonstrated a way to generate electricity from the emission of thermal radiation into the cold night sky using a new type of semiconductor device called a thermoradiative diode.
Dr Ann Na Cho – Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher
Using stem cell biology and tissue engineering, Dr Ann Cho from USYD has invented a sophisticated lab-grown human brain model enabling more comprehensive neuroscientific research than traditional animal models. These innovative tissue-engineered models mimic human brain physiology and pathology, enabling studies of COVID-19 infection on the brain, and contribute to neurodegeneration studies.
Professor Anita Ho-Baillie – Eureka Prize for Scientific Research
Professor Anita Ho-Baillie from USYD is looking beyond silicon solar to create the next generation of solar cells, by harnessing metal halide perovskites, which have strong light absorption properties. They are easy to be produced and are printable. Used in tandem with silicon, multi-layer perovskite solar cells are more energy efficient.
Source: UNSW, USYD, Australian Museum
