CSIRO has developed an innovative new coating that could be used to improve medical devices and implants, thanks to a “goo” thought to be have been home to the building blocks of life.
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David Thodey named CSIRO chair
Former Telstra CEO David Thodey has been named chair of the CSIRO, effective from November.
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Aussie company patents high speed, high altitude image stabilisation tech
AUSTRALIAN geospatial imaging R&D firm Spookfish has filed a patent application centered around image stabilisation technology.
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Hydrogen car refuelling station opens in Sydney
Hyundai has opened Australia’s first ever hydrogen refueling station for cars at its headquarters in Sydney.
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Monash University’s Green Chemical Futures building opens
Green Chemical Future, a facility intended to facilitate collaboration and innovation in research and manufacturing opened at Monash University yesterday.
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Bill Shorten calls for new focus on science
Australia must develop a national science, technology, engineering and maths strategy, according to Opposition leader Bill Shorten.
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Flinders University campus opens on old Mitsubishi site
Flinders University opened a $120 million teaching and research facility at the site of the old Mitsubishi car making factory in Tonsley yesterday.
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Senate votes down change to R&D tax break
The Senate has voted down a Government budget proposal that would have reduced research and development tax breaks by 1.5 per cent.
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Australia could become manufacturing hub for energy storage batteries
An expert says Australia could become a manufacturing hub for a new type of batteries which can be used to store power from renewable energy sources.
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Labor would increase CSIRO funding: Shorten
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said Labor would increase funding to the CSIRO, though he did not specify by how much.
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ANU researchers develop new way to make drugs
ANU chemists have developed a way to manufacture natural chemicals and used it to make an anti-inflammatory drug with the potential to treat cancer.
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Researchers make manufacturing technique safer
Researchers in the UK have identified a method to almost eradicate the human and environmental dangers posed by a widely used manufacturing technique.
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Research hub for steel manufacturing launched
A research hub bringing together scientists and engineers from Australia’s steel manufacturers and research institutions launched in Canberra yesterday.
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Fund R&D, then maybe universities can support industry
Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane let his discretion slip this week in a speech to the QLD Media Club foreshadowing an upcoming report on research funding.
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ANU launches satellite instrumentation manufacturing facility
THE Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo Observatory will allow local satellite manufacture, claims the ANU.
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WA-based Kibaran Resources to develop graphene-based 3D printing
KIBARAN Resources has signed an agreement with 3D Group to research and develop graphite and graphene 3D printing technology.
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Solar finding may reduce cost and risks of cell making
Researchers in the UK say they have developed a method to make efficient solar cells without using a toxic compound.
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Kibaran partners with 3D printer company
Kibaran Resources has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with 3D Group to investigate the use of graphite and graphene in 3D Printing.
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Call for govt incentives for biotechnology sector
The government should introduce an incentive to keep intellectual property in Australia once it reaches commercialisation, according to a biotech group.
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Australia needs clear R&D objectives
If Australian industry is to prosper we need to be a nation which values science and education; and we must be prepared to invest in them.
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