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Current University of Newcastle students had exclusive access to leading researchers and advanced equipment at the annual Winter School, held at Callaghan campus this week.

A breakthrough new microscope, two decades in the making, has been unveiled today, opening up a new window into the scientific world.

Associate Professor Andrew Fleming, Professor Rob Atkin, Professor Erica Wanless, Dr Stuart Prescott, Professor Robert Melchers, Dr John Holdsworth, Dr Patrick Cullen and Associate Professor Patrick Spicer have been awarded $440,000 in ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) funding commencing in 2016 for a Facility for Nanometer Scale Microscopy, Characterization, and Fabrication.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle have developed a saliva-based glucose test using a 2D printer, which could spell the end of needles and blood tests for diabetics.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) has today awarded $8.8 million in Discovery Project research funding to the University of Newcastle. The funding will extend across 19 projects, an increase of 6 projects and $4.2 million since last year.

University of Newcastle researchers are about to perfect printing water-based solar paint that will revolutionise the application of solar energy.