Sydney Ideas: Big solutions on the nanoscale 2021

In this Sydney Ideas event, you'll hear from researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano), who are working at the cutting-edge. They share their projects, process and progress in coming up with nano solutions for grand challenges. 

• Professor Chiara Neto, Professor of Physical Chemistry, will talk about developing a low-cost method to capture water in the air, to tackle the impacts of drought. 

• Dr Shelley Wickham, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics, is working on a project building autonomous, programmable robots that can detect disease early for treatment and prevention. 

• Professor Zdenka Kuncic, Professor of Physics, will share how the research team is delivering cures for neurological diseases by rethinking interventions in the nervous system.

Associate Professor, chemist and science communicator Alice Motion hosts this event, with opening remarks from Sydney Nano Director, Professor Benjamin Eggleton.