QUT creates lithium-ion battery pilot facility
22 September, 2017Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has developed Australia's first pilot facility to produce commercial-grade lithium-ion batteries.
UNSW team to attempt to break their own world record in solar car
22 September, 2017Sunswift Violet, a four-seat sedan designed and built by engineering students at UNSW, left Sydney on Wednesday on a 4300 km drive to Darwin, where it will compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
Australian researchers build first 3D-printed rocket engine
12 September, 2017Having previously scceeded in creating the world's first 3D-printed jet engine, Monash University researchers have now designed, printed and test-fired a 3D-printed rocket engine.
Helping the process industries find a way to Industry 4.0
05 September, 2017As far as the process industries are concerned, the road to Industry 4.0 is still long. Fraunhofer researchers and engineers are working on interconnecting process systems so that they can be serviced and maintained predictively, by combining operating data with employees' knowledge.
ANU announces major expansion to drive societal response to the AI revolution
04 September, 2017The Australian National University (ANU) has announced a major 10-year program to drive an artificial intelligence revolution in Australia.
BOC to collaborate with CSIRO on revolutionary $3.4m hydrogen project
25 August, 2017BOC has announced it will support CSIRO during its $3.4 million ammonia to hydrogen cracking and membrane purification project that is set to revolutionise the global supply chain for hydrogen.
Siemens announces $135m high-tech digitalisation grant
18 August, 2017Siemens is providing the largest ever software grant in Australia to support Swinburne University of Technology establish what is believed to be Australia's first Industry 4.0 Factory of the Future facility.
Carbon capture and storage will never be viable: eminent energy economist
30 June, 2017Professor Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh, has warned that CCS is so costly in real terms that it will only make carbon-based electricity generation economically unviable.
Australian exploration tool to enter global market
08 June, 2017An Australian technology that provides new knowledge on orebodies and associated alteration rapidly and cost-effectively could soon benefit the global mining industry, due to a commercialisation deal that will open doors to international markets.
CSIRO technology to make commercial hydrogen fuel feasible
04 May, 2017CSIRO research is set to fill a gap in the global energy technology chain to supply fuel cell vehicles with low-emissions hydrogen sourced from Australia.
Boeing and CSIRO launch new $35m research program
01 May, 2017The new program is the latest step in a successful 28-year partnership.
ABB and IBM partner on industrial AI solutions
26 April, 2017ABB and IBM have announced a strategic collaboration that brings together ABB's digital industrial offering, ABB Ability, with IBM Watson Internet of Things cognitive capabilities to offer new possibilities for customers in utilities, industry, transport and infrastructure.
Australia's next oil boom might come from plants
21 April, 2017Research by CSIRO now makes it possible to produce oil in the leaves and stems of plants as well as the seeds, which promises to be a game changer in the global production of renewable oils.
Energy resources sector innovators recognised
18 April, 2017NERA (National Energy Resources Australia) has awarded $200,000 to inspiring and groundbreaking small businesses looking to innovate within the energy resources sector.
Trial of new positioning technology for resources industry
11 April, 2017Geoscience Australia and the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) are looking for Australian businesses in the resources industry interested in improving the capability of their positioning technology.
