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The CSIRO has created two new leadership roles, placing a focus on establishing further collaboration between science and industry. Ilona Charles has been appointed to the role of Executive Director, People, while Nigel Warren is the new Executive Director, Growth. The new appointments follow that from that of Dr Cathy Foley to CSIRO’s Chief Scientist … Continue reading CSIRO appoints two industry figures to leadership positions →

Asset identification and security company, Kollakorn, has signed a contract with CSIRO to assist Kollakorn in developing its patent known as CertainID. CertainID is a technology patented by Kollakorn that enables biometric authentication for individuals sending information over the internet, and other potential digital and peer to peer platforms while ensuring the security and privacy … Continue reading Kollakorn, CSIRO to develop biometric authentication technology →

The national science agency, CSIRO, has achieved a new milestone in the production and export of hydrogen following the successful refuelling of two fuel cell vehicles. The project, a collaborative between CSIRO and BOC (part of the Linde Group), will pave the way for bulk hydrogen to be transported in the form of ammonia, using existing infrastructure, and then … Continue reading CSIRO tech accelerates hydrogen vehicle future →

TAFE Digital, Australia’s largest online education provider, and Ribit.net, a student jobs-matching platform, which is part of CSIRO’s Data61 have announced a collaboration that will help connect TAFE Digital students to Australian startups and innovative companies offering jobs and work experience in emerging areas such as big data analytics, cybersecurity, fintech, medtech and artificial intelligence. … Continue reading New collaboration helps bridge the tech skills gap →

Manufacturers’ Monthly visited the material science and engineering building at CSIRO’s Lindfield site in Sydney to learn about some of its collaborative and innovative projects. Walking down the long corridors of the material science and engineering building at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s (CSIRO’s) Lindfield site in Sydney, the first impression one might … Continue reading Behind the scenes at CSIRO →

As the demand for energy storage systems and batteries grows, so too does the amount of lithium-ion battery waste. Australia alone produces about 3,300 tonnes of lithium-ion battery waste annually, of which only about 2 per cent is recycled. The statistics is part of a new report by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), titled ‘Lithium battery … Continue reading CSIRO: Australia could lead lithium-ion battery recycling →

Copper miners can slash their energy and water use for every tonne of the metal produced thanks to a breakthrough ore sorting analyser developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Taking advantage of magnetic resonance technology, the analyser rapidly identifies ore grade so that large volumes of waste rock (gangue) can be rejected … Continue reading CSIRO’s MRI for mining sorts out copper waste →

For the first time, Australian farmers can forecast grain yield at the touch of a button, thanks to a new smart phone app developed by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. The innovation, known as ‘Graincast’, allows growers to estimate yields ranging from a single paddock, right up to their entire farm. Graincast draws on information … Continue reading CSIRO’s new app uses digital technology to forecast crop yield →

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is calling on all Australians to be part of its energy research by providing valuable information that will improve understanding of the way households consume, generate and interact with energy. By using the new CSIRO Energise app, citizens can help paint a clearer picture of contemporary energy use to … Continue reading CSIRO’s new app engages citizens in energy research →

  An energy management system prototype that has the potential to replace overhead electricity lines for trams has been built at CSIRO’s Lindfield site in Sydney. This first full‐sized prototype unit is a result of a Rail Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) project involving CSIRO and the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) which is … Continue reading Prototyped CSIRO energy management system to power rail delivered to China →

Australia’s national science agency today announced a new research centre focused on collecting and analysing data about Earth from space. The CSIRO Centre for Earth Observation will help Australian researchers maximise the benefits of observing Earth from space and further develop Australia’s space sector, which is estimated to be worth over $3 billion per year. … Continue reading CSIRO to launch Earth observation centre →

A powerful x-ray technology is revolutionising a 500-year-old method for detecting and analysing unseen gold, with the world-first adoption by major Australian mining services company, Ausdrill. Developed by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and brought to market by Chrysos Corporation, photon gold analyses is a faster, safer and more environmentally-friendly alternative to the conventional fire … Continue reading CSIRO’s new x-ray technology is revolutionising gold mining →

CSIRO’s Data61 has announced the formation of the Sixth Wave Alliance (SWA) to develop a national robotics R&D strategy and create the critical mass required to address large-scale Australian and international challenges using robotics technologies. The Alliance brings together Australian industry, research and government collaborators in order to promote and facilitate the adoption and creation … Continue reading New alliance to accelerate R&D in robotics, autonomous systems →

2018 BHP Billiton Foundation Science and Engineering Award winner Oliver Nicholls has taken home the top prize and $US75,000 as winner of the Gordon E. Moore Award at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) announced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Friday night. The 19-year-old from Barker College in Sydney secured the win with … Continue reading Aussie student’s autonomous robotic window cleaner wins international award →

New technology installed on CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope will let astronomers ‘hear’ a wider range of radio waves from objects in space, opening the way to new science. The new equipment is a receiver, a ‘bionic ear’ for the cosmos which catches radio waves and turns them into electrical signals for astronomers to analyse. The … Continue reading CSIRO’s telescope can now hear more of the universe →

When 15-year-old Angelina Arora started investigating bioplastics almost two years ago, she never imagined her investigations would earn her world-wide attention. Now, Angelina and her shrimp bioplastic will be representing Australia at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania alongside over 1,800 high school students from 75 countries, regions, and territories. … Continue reading Aussie student’s shrimp bioplastic a big splash in USA →

New technologies and ways of working will introduce new challenges for work health and safety (WHS) and workers’ compensation, but also have the potential to make work safer and reduce workplace injury over the next 20 years, as revealed in a new study from CSIRO’s Data61 in partnership with Safe Work Australia. The Workplace Safety Futures report … Continue reading CSIRO introduces six megatrends to reshape WHS →

Global aerospace giant Boeing has named CSIRO as technology supplier of the year for 2017. It is the second consecutive year that Australia’s national science agency has picked up the top award, building on the recognition it received as Boeing’s academia supplier of the year in 2010. Selected from a field of more than 13,000 … Continue reading CSIRO scoops Boeing award for second year running →

A new real-time video platform developed by CSIRO’s Data61 is helping hundreds of Australians recover quicker from work injuries through virtual appointments. Coviu (pronounced co-view) is a new real-time video platform that quickly connects patients with health professionals. The platform is ideal for people in rural and regional Australia who cannot travel for treatment. Data61, … Continue reading CSIRO’s new app speeds up recovery from work injuries →

CSIRO has commenced construction on a new $8 million Centre for Industrial Flow Chemistry at its Clayton site in Victoria. The purpose-built, 410 square metre facility will provide local manufacturers access to CSIRO’s flow chemistry technology. CSIRO is a world leader in flow chemistry, which offers a cleaner, faster, more efficient and cost effective way to make … Continue reading CSIRO launches flow chemistry facility →