SA opens Manufacturing Technologies Centre
28 November, 2016South Australia has opened a new Manufacturing Technologies Centre designed to help businesses grow by providing access to the state's best researchers, financial institutions and global supply chains.
CSIRO: mapping a manufacturing future
28 November, 2016CSIRO has revealed its blueprint for how Australian manufacturers can survive and prosper in an uncertain future.
CSIRO to improve flow of chemical manufacturing
22 November, 2016The CSIRO FloWorks Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry houses state-of-the-art flow chemistry equipment from small to industrial scale, helping to make this novel technology accessible to industry and other research bodies.
New way to make low-cost solar cell technology
14 November, 2016Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a new way to fabricate high-efficiency, semitransparent perovskite solar cells in a breakthrough that could lead to more efficient and cheaper solar electricity.
AMGC invests in Swinburne's manufacturing futures research institute
11 November, 2016The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre's chairman, Andrew Stevens, has announced funding of $250,000 towards the Swinburne Manufacturing Futures Research Institute to boost the adoption of Industry 4.0 processes to increase Australian manufacturing competitiveness.
Chair of Innovation and Science Australia highlights the importance of innovation
28 October, 2016Bill Ferris AC, chair of Innovation and Science Australia, has called for a greater focus on the role of innovation in driving future economic growth and prosperity in a speech delivered recently at the NZVCA 2016 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference.
Latest revision of fossil fuel methane emissions released
06 October, 2016Methane emissions from the fossil fuel industry and natural geological leakage found to be up to 110% greater than current estimates, but gas industry emissions have reduced.
ANSTO seeks engineering graduates
30 September, 2016A rare, exciting opportunity is open for engineering graduates at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Lucas Heights campus in south Sydney.
Infinity in a grain of sand: neural dust sensors monitor the body from inside
30 September, 2016Imagine tiny wireless sensors the size of a grain of sand that can be implanted in the human body to monitor nerves, muscles and organs in real time. Sounds like something from the movie Honey, I shrunk the kids, right?
Explainer: The mysterious missing magnetic monopole
28 September, 2016 by T'Mir Danger Julius, Swinburne University of TechnologyAll the magnets we've ever seen have a north and a south, but there might be some out there that have only one end.
Scientists unravel how natural gas is converted into methanol at room temperature
16 September, 2016Twenty years after the technique was developed, a collaboration between scientists at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, and Stanford University has revealed the mechanism behind the direct conversion process of natural gas into methanol at room temperature.
New hybrid energy centre transforming low-emission technologies
09 September, 2016CSIRO has launched its Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems, a collaborative facility to research cutting-edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies.
New funds to recharge battery research
25 August, 2016A new battery that can be charged in minutes and run for a lot longer is being developed in a project funded by a grant from the Queensland-Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Research Fund.
Research cooperation between Bosch and Bühler for food processing technology
23 August, 2016Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions and Bühler are to expand their research and development partnership.
Happy 10th birthday to Australia's OPAL nuclear research reactor
12 August, 2016ANSTO is marking a decade of research contributing to our health, the environment and industry.
