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Caroline Tung finds out how the NSW government’s Innovation Districts Challenge is boosting commercialisation for products such as IoT-enabled technologies. The New South Wales state government’s first Innovation Districts Challenge is now underway and is designed to assist small-to-medium-sized businesses accelerate the commercialisation of products to counter the disruptions caused by COVID-19. Eleven universities across … Continue reading Helping innovative small businesses fast-track commercialisation →

Two University of Wollongong (UOW) academics have been named as recipients of New South Wales Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering in recognition of their pioneering research work. Distinguished Professor Antoine van Oijen will receive the Prize for Excellence in Medical Biological Sciences and Distinguished Professor Zaiping Guo will receive the Prize for Excellence in … Continue reading University of Wollongong researchers win NSW Premier’s Prizes →

University of Wollongong researchers will play a key role in the new Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies. The Hub will deliver new energy storage technologies to eliminate the serious fire risk in current technologies. It is one of five new Australian Research Council (ARC) … Continue reading Research hub to make Australia a world leader in battery technology →

The University of Wollongong (UOW) will commercialise a new medical technology that detect radiation with the potential to be manufactured in Australia. The venture, known as MOSkin, is a medical radiation sensor developed by researchers at the Centre or Medical Radiation Physics, part of UOW. The application of this technology allows for more precise doses … Continue reading Researchers develop device for precision monitoring of radiation →

The University of Wollongong’s (UOW) 3D bioprinting techniques have been picked up by an integrated medical devices manufacturing zone in India. Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone (AMTZ) will be the first zone which includes scientific, manufacturing, and commercial facilities which will support medical device manufacturers and innovators. The zone is located in Visakhapatnam in the state … Continue reading UOW bioprinting to be utilised at Indian manufacturing zone →

The Federal government has awarded a partnership between a consortium of universities and dental manufacturer SDI with $3 million in funding to develop a dental composite without using mercury. Dental amalgams, made from mercury and a mixture of metal alloys, are commonly used to fill cavities caused by tooth decay. Although mercury is widely known … Continue reading Industry, researchers, pursue dentistry without mercury →

Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) at the University of Wollongong and Monash University have found a new phase of matter, the excitonic insulator. Exitonic insulators have been predicted by scientists since the 1960s but until now have remained a theoretical concept. The FLEET and Monash University team … Continue reading World first for Australian low-energy electronics research →

Science engagement techniques have come a long way in the past thirty years and have been in part driven by key institutions that are open to the public. One of these is Science Space, part of the University of Wollongong (UOW) and located on the University’s Innovation Campus. This year, the Space reaches its thirtieth … Continue reading Wollongong science facility reaches milestone →

The Facility for Intelligent Fabrication (FIF) that provides expertise, technology, equipment and training in automating steel fabrication to help manufacturing businesses adapt and compete was launched at the University of Wollongong (UOW) on 9 March by Gareth Ward MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Education and the Illawarra and South Coast, on behalf of the Hon John … Continue reading UOW, TAFE NSW and WTIA launch Facility for Intelligent Fabrication →

Researchers at the University of Wollongong (UOW) have designed and built a customised 3D bioprinter that promises to revolutionise treatment for people with Type 1 Diabetes. According to UOW, this is an Australian first. The printer will be capable of delivering insulin-producing islet cells from a protective bioink into a printed scaffold suitable for transplant. … Continue reading UOW 3D bioprinter offers hope for diabetes treatment →