UNSW

University of New South Wales (UNSW) engineers have developed micrometre-sized submarines powered through nanomotors that can deliver medicine to cancer affected organs. UNSW chemical and biomedical engineers say the technology can be used to design the next generation ‘micro-motors’ or nano-drug delivery vehicles, that apply novel driving forces to reach specific targets in the body. … Continue reading UNSW develops medical submarines →

The UNSW Global Water Institute (GWI) is developing a solar-powered desalination technology called Capacitive Deionisation (CDI) in hopes of revolutionising irrigation and food production. The new technology should provide dependable water supplies to the agricultural industry that are cost effective, and work in isolation from the grid. The idea was born when Ratan Tata, chairman … Continue reading UNSW’s Global Water Institute revolutionises desalination →

Researchers at UNSW Sydney could improve how network operators monitor and classify internet traffic, saving them costs and bettering the internet experience for consumers. The UNSW team have attracted investment from London-listed IP Group to help fund a start-up that will solve internets issues such as buffering. Professor Vijay Sivaraman from UNSW’s School of Electrical Engineering … Continue reading Australian invention could solve buffering issues →

Workshops are being held in New South Wales on February 27-28 to enhance local manufacturing capability, reduce waste and build better economies and communities. UNSW professor Veena Sahajwalla will be at the events in Dubbo and Orange to showcase scientifically developed technology at UNSW Sydney that enables waste items such as glass and clothing to be reformed … Continue reading Technology to transform local manufacturing and waste coming to NSW →

Imagine a future in which thin, flexible solar panels cover the surfaces of cars and buildings, powering their activities. Xiaojing Hao, UNSW associate professor and Scientia fellow in the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, and her team, are building such cells made of kesterite photovoltaics. Containing copper, zinc, tin and sulphur, they are cheaper … Continue reading Thin, flexible solar panels on the drawing board at UNSW →

An urban climatologist at UNSW Built Environment is part of a team developing a wearable Fitbit that can measure the wearer’s physiological response to their immediate environment. UNSW Scientia Fellow Dr Negin Nazarian said the aim of Project Coolbit is to create a personalised comfort model for each wearer, as well as crowdsourcing environmental data … Continue reading “Coolbit” aims for personalised comfort advice in specific environments →

A team of UNSW engineers has an ambitious plan to prove the commercial viability of mining water from the moon to produce rocket fuel. In an announcement in early February at the SIAA Space Industry Forum discussing Australia’s role in the Moon Treaty at UNSW Sydney, the group outlined steps to put together a multi-university, … Continue reading UNSW Sydney engineers want to mine water on the moon →

UNSW Sydney’s $3m deal with Providence Asset Group (PAG) will accelerate research into reliable energy networks and fund a new centre supporting global development of renewables markets. The deal is part of a 10-year commitment to joint research and collaboration in sustainable energy technologies. PAG has made an initial investment of $500,000 to support renewables technology research at … Continue reading UNSW development of renewables markets powered by $3m deal →

Australia’s first ambassador for Women in STEM, astrophysicist Lisa Harvey-Smith, is joining UNSW as professor of Practice in Science Communication. UNSW has also been named the host organisation for her Women in STEM Ambassador role. Harvey-Smith is an award-winning astrophysicist with 15 years’ experience conducting and publishing fundamental astrophysics research at universities and research institutes … Continue reading World-renowned astrophysicist joins UNSW →

Rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries are a step closer to becoming a reality after a UNSW Sydney researcher found a way to make the science behind the technology work. In a study completed at Northwestern University in Illinois and published in Nature Energy, Dr Dong Jun Kim of UNSW’s School of Chemistry – led a team of … Continue reading Aluminium-ion batteries inch closer to reality →

A joint venture between the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Chinese high-voltage cable manufacturer, Hangzhou ­Cable Co., will help roll out large-scale manufacturing of graphene power cables, which promise to cut electricity costs and improve grid transmission. The collaboration moved into its second phase after the two parties formalised an agreement for the  … Continue reading Chinese company to manufacture graphene cables based on UNSW tech →

A new strategic partnership between St.George Banking Group, UNSW Sydney and the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) was announced today to advance Australian research and accelerate the introduction and commercialisation of new manufacturing technologies. The unique partnership will help Australia unlock its competitive edge in manufacturing by bringing together three different streams of the Australian … Continue reading New industry partnership explores Australia’s manufacturing potential →

One of the largest solar farms projects in New South Wales – the 250MW Sunraysia solar farm – has moved a step closer in development process, as ASX-listed engineering firm Decmil Group was awarded the contract for the project’s construction. Decmil said in a statement today that it has entered into a $277 million EPC … Continue reading Maoneng, Decmil, close the deal on 250MW NSW solar farm →

Researchers from UNSW Sydney, in partnership with Flame Security International, have received a $3 million Commonwealth grant to develop the first eco-friendly, non-toxic and durable flame retardant for use in furniture, clothing, cars and construction materials. Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation Zed Seselja announced the Cooperative Research Centres-Projects (CRC-P) Program grant on Thursday, in … Continue reading UNSW researchers to develop ecofriendly fire retardants →

UNSW has announced what it said is the world’s first microfactory that can transform the components from electronic waste (e-waste) items such as discarded smart phones and laptops into valuable materials for re-use has been launched at UNSW, Sydney. Using technology developed following extensive scientific research at UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT … Continue reading World’s first e-waste microfactory launched at UNSW →

Earlier this week, Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, announced the successful launch of an Australian miniature satellite from the United States. The Buccaneer cube satellite, developed by Defence and the University of New South Wales (UNSW), was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on a Delta-II rocket and communications have now been established. … Continue reading Australian satellite successfully launches in the US →

Australian innovator Strategic Elements has secured a second round of production for Nanocube Memory Ink after producing the largest batch of its kind for industrial use. Operating under the federal government’s Pooled Development Fund (PDF), the company is working with nanomaterial scientists for the manufacturing division at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). After confirming … Continue reading SME enhances Nanocube Memory Ink production →

Engineers at Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) have invented what they term as a “radical” new architecture for quantum computing, based on “flip-flop qubits”, that promises to make the large-scale manufacture of quantum chips dramatically cheaper – and easier – than thought possible. The new chip design, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, … Continue reading “Radical” new quantum computing design invented at UNSW →

New types of touch screens that would be very robust but also sensitive enough to detect ten fingers at once, are to be developed in a research partnership between UNSW Science and Chinese company WeTouch. WeTouch, which is based in Sichuan Province, has grown rapidly since it was founded in 2011 by major shareholder Guangde … Continue reading UNSW developing touch screens with WeTouch →

Ultra-thin, flexible screen-printed batteries for cheap portable devices and intermittent renewable energy are closer to reality, due to a joint UNSW-University of Queensland project to further develop technology by battery energy storage firm Printed Energy and bring it to market. Backed by the energy innovator and philanthropist Trevor St Baker, founder of ERM Power and … Continue reading Next generation of manufacturing in screen-printed batteries →