In the United States, scientists are more certain than ever that oil and gas drilling is causing hundreds of small earthquakes across the country. [ + ]

There's only one week until CeMAT, the global intralogistics and materials handling event, opens in Australia for the first time at Sydney Olympic Park, 5-7 May 2015. [ + ]

Nissan may have stopped building cars in Australia in 1992, but it will continue to produce automotive components well after Ford and Holden have stopped manufacturing cars in Australia. [ + ]

Iron ore is enjoying a positive run, currently at a six-week high, in a bear market that has now lasted close to 18 months. [ + ]

4D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level, according to researchers at the University of Wollongong. [ + ]

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has launched the first digital dashboard designed to proactively monitor, measure and manage cybersecurity risk for control systems. [ + ]

The United Nations has published the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), which will come into effect in Australia on 1 January 2017. [ + ]

Engineers have combined innovative optical technology with nanocomposite thin films to create a new type of sensor that is inexpensive, fast, highly sensitive and able to detect and analyse a wide range of gases. [ + ]

ABB has introduced YuMi, the world's first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot at the Hannover Messe trade fair. [ + ]

ABB has introduced YuMi, the world's first truly collaborative dual-arm industrial robot at the Hannover Messe trade fair. [ + ]

Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell looks set to take control of a $26 billion LNG processing plant in Queensland after agreeing to a $91 billion takeover of BG Group in what will be one of the biggest energy deals in history. [ + ]

Oil and gas company Royal Dutch Shell looks set to take control of a $26 billion LNG processing plant in Queensland after agreeing to a $91 billion takeover of BG Group in what will be one of the biggest energy deals in history. [ + ]

Certified Profinet and Profibus courses will be available at all major industrial and engineering centres around Australia and New Zealand as Profibus Australia (PAA) announces a 5-week training campaign for 2015. [ + ]

Certified Profinet and Profibus courses will be available at all major industrial and engineering centres around Australia and New Zealand as Profibus Australia (PAA) announces a 5-week training campaign for 2015. [ + ]

MESA International is opening its Smart Manufacturing Working Group to global manufacturers/producers and solution providers, effective immediately - the goal being to demystify much of the technology-related information being thrown at businesses today, specifically as it pertains to manufacturing or production-related operations. [ + ]