CSIRO has developed a range of packaging materials that will mean more convenient, fresher, and better-tasting food, and a longer life for medical products.

Providing a coordinated approach to materials design, creation, characterisation and application.

Flexible plastic solar cells that can be printed like money, carbon fibres so thin they can be spun into yarns and a raft of new biomedical products to combating illness and injury are just some of the research breakthroughs being developed by the new CSIRO National Research Flagship for Future Manufacturing launched today.

CSIRO’s synthetic fibre extrusion research aims to produce fibres with new functionality for applications such as food packaging, preventing marine fouling, and optical fibres.

CSIRO is using sound waves to defoam liquids on the production line.

CSIRO and DataDot Technology Ltd collaborate to create a 50/50 joint venture — DataTraceDNA — to market a groundbreaking approach to counterfeit security protection through nanotechnology that is invisibly embedded within a product’s molecular structure.

A CSIRO nanotechnology invention may increase shelf life and prevent the premature loss of flavour in premium beers and wines packed in green or clear bottles.

Light-induced damage is a significant problem for food and beverage products packaged in glass bottles. Using nanotechnology CSIRO has produced a solution, explained in this video. (1:00)

Dr Mark Looney is developing fresh food packaging systems that extend shelf life and monitor conditions inside the package.

With over 33 years experience Dr Nafty Vanderhoek is regarded as the foremost technical expert in wet end chemistry in this region of the world.

This one-page information sheet provides an understanding of the potential risks associated with nanoparticle use in the community, workplace and environment.

Dried foods stored in the home can be attacked by several insect pests but simple steps can prevent or provide effective methods to control infestations.