CSIRO and Swinburne advance manufacturing sector with Industry 4.0 Testlab
15 March, 2024The National Industry 4.0 Testlab has showcased its world-first fully automated industrial-scale production facility using a 3D-printing approach to composite component creation.
Aurizon to develop next-generation freight trains using renewable energy
11 March, 2024Aurizon has secured a $9.4 million grant from ARENA to develop a battery-electric tender (BET) to be used in conjunction with a modified locomotive.
Nanothin printing of electronics hardware could slash costs
08 March, 2024Engineering researchers at the University of Sydney have harvested alloys crucial for 2D printing memory chips using an innovative low-temperature method.
Australian orbital servicing satellite launched
05 March, 2024Space Machines Company's Optimus satellite will provide in-orbit servicing and relocation services for satellites in low-earth orbit.
Researchers create synthetic methane using only the sun
29 February, 2024A UNSW-led team have developed a process that turns CO2 into a cleaner and greener form of methane.
RMIT builds a structure with supernatural strength
26 February, 2024A new 3D-printed metamaterial from common titanium alloy has levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing.
BHP, Rio Tinto, BlueScope to partner on steel decarbonisation
14 February, 2024Australia's two largest iron ore miners and BlueScope have agreed to jointly investigate the development of an electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant.
Delivering the spaceport of the future in the NT
09 February, 2024Designs reveal Equatorial Launch Australia's value offering to launch vehicle providers and payload customers.
CSIRO and Swinburne invest in green steel and mineral processing
06 February, 2024Partnership aims to tackle global decarbonisation with innovative green steel and mineral processing research and development.
Hazer achieves first hydrogen and graphite at commercial demonstration plant
02 February, 2024Hazer Group has announced that its commercial demonstration plant has produced its first hydrogen and graphitic carbon.
Tiny sensor sniffs out toxic ammonia gas
02 February, 2024Exposure to high levels of ammonia can lead to chronic lung conditions and irreversible organ damage, but current ammonia sensors are large and expensive.
Converting a steel mill to climate-neutral steel production
31 January, 2024Producing steel by the direct reduction of iron ore with hydrogen would replace coke as a reducing agent, helping to decarbonise steelmaking.
UniSA opens $10 million Precision Engineering Centre
12 December, 2023A new facility at Mawson Lakes has advanced optics capabilities that the university says will transform a range of industries.
Integrating wastewater treatment and public transport a win-win
11 December, 2023Co-locating green hydrogen generation with a wastewater treatment plant can simultaneously produce both oxygen for water treatment and hydrogen for fuel.
Opportunities exist to create a new industry around mine closures: report
04 December, 2023Australia has a unique billion-dollar opportunity to create a new industry to support mine closures, according to CSIRO.
