Dissolvable electronics for implants and sensors becoming a possibility
10 May, 2016Scientists in China have achieved a step forward in the development of electronic sensors and devices that can be implanted in the body and then dissolve almost without a trace.
Research engineers create a better way to boil water
09 May, 2016Engineers have found a new way to induce and control boiling bubble formation that may allow everything from industrial-sized boilers to advanced electronics to work better and last longer.
QUT leads in superconductor research
25 April, 2016Prototype high-temperature superconductors have been unveiled as part of a landmark research agreement between Siemens, Queensland University of Technology and the Australian Government's Defence Science and Technology Group.
Finland to open world's first development environment for the industrial internet
22 April, 2016VTT and the University of Oulu are building a pilot environment to accelerate secure industrial internet solutions.
UWA launches $20m oil and gas research hubs
19 April, 2016Two $20 million hubs to be used for international research and training in offshore oil and gas have been officially launched at The University of Western Australia.
ANU wins $4.7 million for renewable energy research
18 April, 2016The Australian National University (ANU) has won $4.7 million in new funding for renewable energy research, and more than any other university, in the latest round of industry-researcher collaboration funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
Recycling heat to produce energy
05 April, 2016Scientists in Australia and Malaysia have developed a novel system that recovers energy normally lost in industrial processes.
ANSTO to take over Australian Synchrotron
14 March, 2016The Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne, has announced that the Australian Government has agreed to support ANSTO becoming official owner of the Australian Synchrotron.
ANU scientists solve fusion puzzle
07 March, 2016A new theory based on fluid flow will help scientists in the quest to create gases with temperatures over a hundred million degrees and harness them to create clean, endless, carbon-free energy with nuclear fusion.
Deakin, Victorian Government to partner in regional innovation hub
04 March, 2016The Victorian Government has committed to contribute to the building of ManuFutures — a $13 million centre to lead innovation to support the future of advanced manufacturing in regional Australia.
ABB opens testing laboratory for higher power solar inverters
04 March, 2016ABB has opened a facility designed to test high-power central PV inverters that features a unique climate chamber capable of full power electrical testing in conditions simulating the arctic tundra to an equatorial rainforest.
Mobile robots for the aerospace industry
02 March, 2016European researchers and industry partners have demonstrated that mobile industrial robots are fully able to work side by side with human colleagues, in this case applying sealant to aircraft fuselages and inspecting aircraft parts.
'Footprints' offer clues to solve zinc supply hole
26 February, 2016Geologists have found evidence of mineral 'footprints' that may point to undiscovered, high-grade zinc deposits hiding underneath known deposits in the Northern Territory's prospective McArthur Basin.
Engineering degree equals jobs well beyond the field: Deakin research
08 February, 2016Less than half of Australia's recent engineering graduates are working in their field, but most of them are likely to work in highly skilled and highly paid jobs, new Deakin University research has found.
Robotics industry on the brink of a revolution
15 January, 2016For over 50 years the most commercially successful robots have been articulated robot arms. The biggest shift over the next 10 years will be massive growth in mobile robots, according to a new research report.
