An advanced new coronary artery assessment tool called Apricot has been developed by researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research. 

An Australian-first research review article, written by two University of Technology Sydney (UTS) professors, has found that the Nigella Sativa plant could be used in the future treatment of COVID-19 infection. 

Eleven Australian manufacturers are strengthening their defence manufacturing capability through the latest round of Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority (SICP) grants, sharing $8 million between them. 

A Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute researcher, Dr Gavin Knott, has developed a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test with other international scientists to detect results in 20 minutes, using a smartphone camera. 

The Victorian government has invested $108 million through the Energy Innovation Fund towards new and emerging renewable technologies such as renewable hydrogen, biogas and energy storage.