India, April 16 -- A suite of three electron microscopes, including one of the highest resolution microscopes in the world, now calls Monash home, helping scientists push the frontiers in materials science to solve complex worldwide challenges.

The cutting-edge instruments, worth more than a combined $20 million, were unveiled today by Dr Carina Garland MP, Member for Chisholm, at the Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy (MCEM) at the University's Clayton campus.

(L-R) Jacek Jasieniak, Carina Garland MP, Joanne Etheridge.

The technology underpins the development of vital materials needed for high-speed computer chips, better batteries, more efficient solar panels, biodegradable plastics, communication devices, lighter, stronger metals...