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Plants use photosynthesis to build molecules and energy they can use. By copying plants, humans can make cleaner fuels. Ranjit Bhatnagar/Flickr

November 10, 2014

To shift away from fossil fuels, we need to copy plants

Doug Macfarlane, Monash University

Most of the energy that fuels our lives comes from plants. Whether it is a fossil fuel that was formed hundreds of millions of years ago or the food we eat, all carbon-borne energy has its ultimate origins…

Developing sustainable energy sources needs some of the country’s best and brightest. x-ray delta one

September 30, 2011

If I had a blank cheque I’d … develop hydrogen‑based sustainable energy

Doug Macfarlane, Monash University

Project: Develop hydrogen-based sustainable energy Cost: $20 million Timeframe: Seven years Finding real green energy is a vital area of research. Is there an energy that meets the needs of its users…

Coral reefs face a major species extinction crisis. AAP

May 1, 2011

Freezing the Great Barrier Reef: an investment in our future

Doug Macfarlane, Monash University; Madeleine van Oppen, Australian Institute of Marine Science; Mary Hagedorn, Smithsonian Institution, and Rebecca Spindler, UNSW

The Great Barrier Reef is worth billions to Australia’s economy and is one of the world’s most significant natural features. We have a responsibility to protect it, and our other reefs, from the warming…

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