Research by UNSW academics shows that special treatment of liquid resin used in 3D printing can cause the material to mend itself if it becomes damaged. 

A research collaboration between electromaterials researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) and a private next-generation battery material company, Sicona Battery Technologies, aim to create cheaper and more efficient lithium-ion batteries by improving the battery materials that go into the anode as well as the cathode. 

A novel carbon-based biosensor has been developed at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and is set to drive new innovations in brain-controlled robotics. 

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), the voice of Australia’s oil and gas industry, has welcomed the 20th Gas Sales Agreement of 2021 after a new deal was announced by Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd. 

The Defence Science and Technology Next Generation Technologies Fund (NGTF) has awarded $7 million over three and a half years to Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Newcastle (UON) to lead projects into mind-body health and performance. 

The federal government is investing $12 million in a new Catalysing the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity in Our Regions program, to provide competitive grant funding over three rounds to regional organisations for AI projects that deliver benefits to regional industries, businesses and communities. 

Ai Group, the national employer association, has released the Australian Supply Chains: State of Play report to explore current business experience associated with supply chain pressures (particularly as they relate to sea freight), and connected impacts in other areas of policy. 

Announcing the launch of Australia’s first Modern Manufacturing Expo at the Sydney Showground on 20 and 21 September 2022, the time is right for manufacturers to have clear and direct pathways to the latest technology.

Incitec Pivot, a fertiliser manufacturer, will secure the local production of Technical Grade Granular Urea (TGU) to boost the supply of AdBlue, the diesel exhaust fluid used in heavy transport. 

Improving sustainability and using digital technologies to boost productivity are among the focus areas of a new five-year research program launched by CSIRO and Boeing. 

According to the federal government’s Australian Manufacturing Performance Report, manufacturing contributes $100 billion per year to the Australian GDP, employs one million people and is responsible for 26 per cent of all R&D business expenditure in Australia. 

A sea of Christmas, ‘Coates’ orange, food hampers was dispatched across the country this week to Mission Australia offices nationally. 

A new copper surface that kills bacteria over 100 times faster and more effectively than standard copper, resulting from collaborative research from CSIRO and RMIT University, could help combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant superbugs. 

Establishing test beds to allow for the practical testing of technology for use in the agricultural sector is the latest building block in the SA government’s $7.6 million AgTech program. 

The federal government and the Republic of Korea have signed an MoU to expand each nation’s space sector, coinciding with the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. 

Boeing Australia has welcomed a new pool of student recruits in Brisbane as part of an internship program, to support the future production of aircrafts at Wellcamp Airport. 

Vaxxas, a Queensland biotechnology company, has begun construction on a new facility at Northshore Hamilton that will upscale the manufacturing capacity of their needle-free vaccine technology. 

Allweld Manufacturing, a fabricator based in Maryborough in Queensland, has delivered a new rescue vessel named Rescue 1 to Hervey Bay Volunteer Marine Rescue. 

A material footprint indicator tool has been developed by the UN Environment Programme, CSIRO, UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney and Vienna University, to better comprehend how many resources each country consumes. 

As part of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative (MMI), the federal government will supply $280 million in matched funding through Round Two of the Integration and Translation streams, with applications opening on 13 December.