Scientists create new process for recycling rare earth metals
30 April, 2019Scientists at Deakin University and Spain's Tecnalia Research and Innovation have improved the process for recovering rare earth metals (REMs).
Taking sustainability to the next level
26 April, 2019New efforts to reduce and re-use waste to boost a 'circular' economy.
Australian space industry research growing
23 April, 2019The SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) is the biggest investment in space industry research development in Australia's history.
CSIRO's Data61 a global blueprint for digital innovation
15 April, 2019The OECD has recognised Data61 as a global blueprint for digital and open innovation.
E+H files record number of patents in 2018
09 April, 2019The Endress+Hauser Group has reported that it filed a record 287 patents in 2018.
World's first thermal battery launched in SA
29 March, 2019South Australian company CCT Energy Storage has unveiled the world's first working thermal battery.
Data61 expands robotics infrastructure
12 March, 2019CSIRO's Data61 has opened a new Robotics Innovation Centre in Queensland, a purpose-built research facility for robotics and autonomous systems.
Canadian power company to deploy world's first hydrogen-powered grid
11 March, 2019New Brunswick could see up to 30 distributed hydrogen production stations deployed for zero-carbon baseload generation.
Advanced 3D printing facility opened at UTS
08 March, 2019The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has opened Australia's most advanced 3D printing facility, ProtoSpace, to help grow advanced manufacturing in Australia.
Additive manufacturing leaps from prototype to production
04 March, 2019AM systems will produce US$2 trillion worth of parts and end products by 2030.
Monash innovation opens up new options for the aluminium industry
01 March, 2019New aluminium processing method said to be a once-in-100-year innovation.
Australia can achieve stable grid with renewables: report
26 February, 2019Researchers at ANU claim that stabilising a 100% renewable electricity grid would be possible with technology that is already widely used in Australia.
UK 5G consortium starts Britain's first 5G factory trials
18 February, 2019The UK's first live 5G factory trials were officially started last week, in a step towards the creation of smart factories in Britain.
CSIRO fires up phosphate production
18 February, 2019CSIRO has developed a smelting process to produce soluble phosphate for fertiliser from low-value ores.
Neometals begins lithium battery recycling pilot
12 February, 2019Perth-based Neometals has announced the successful commissioning of stage 1 of its lithium‐ion battery recycling pilot plant in Canada.
