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Tiny sensor sniffs out toxic ammonia gas

02 February, 2024

Exposure to high levels of ammonia can lead to chronic lung conditions and irreversible organ damage, but current ammonia sensors are large and expensive.


Hazer achieves first hydrogen and graphite at commercial demonstration plant

02 February, 2024

Hazer Group has announced that its commercial demonstration plant has produced its first hydrogen and graphitic carbon.


Converting a steel mill to climate-neutral steel production

31 January, 2024

Producing steel by the direct reduction of iron ore with hydrogen would replace coke as a reducing agent, helping to decarbonise steelmaking.


UniSA opens $10 million Precision Engineering Centre

12 December, 2023

A new facility at Mawson Lakes has advanced optics capabilities that the university says will transform a range of industries.


Integrating wastewater treatment and public transport a win-win

11 December, 2023

Co-locating green hydrogen generation with a wastewater treatment plant can simultaneously produce both oxygen for water treatment and hydrogen for fuel.


Opportunities exist to create a new industry around mine closures: report

04 December, 2023

Australia has a unique billion-dollar opportunity to create a new industry to support mine closures, according to CSIRO.


Innovative robotic technology empowers pipe inspection

01 December, 2023

Researchers have demonstrated a novel method for inspecting large pipe structures using mobile robots equipped with guided acoustic wave sensors.


Siemens and Swinburne partner for net zero

29 November, 2023

Siemens Australia and Swinburne University of Technology have collaborated in a cross-country project designed to explore the role of AI in achieving net zero.


Australia is at an AI inflection point: report

27 November, 2023

Australia is at a crossroads with developing AI technologies, with the potential to become a leader or laggard in technical and regulatory innovation.


CSIRO and Swinburne launch renewable hydrogen refuelling station

24 November, 2023

CSIRO and Swinburne University of Technology's Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) have launched a state-of-the-art clean hydrogen refuelling station.


AMRF extends First Projects invitation period

20 November, 2023

Due to the high level of responses and interest received so far, the AMRF has announced it is extending the Invitation for First Projects (IFP) for two more weeks.


Australian technology to go to the Moon in 2026

14 November, 2023

An international mission to the far side of the Moon will deliver Fleet Space's SPIDER seismic technology to analyse its mineral profile and search for water.


Nanowire neural network learns and remembers ‘on the fly’

02 November, 2023

Researchers at the University of Sydney have developed a neural network that has passed a critical step for developing machine intelligence.


ABB survey reveals unplanned downtime costs the typical Australian industrial business $349,000 per hour

01 November, 2023

An ABB survey has underscored the relationship between uptime and reliability, emphasising the importance of effective maintenance strategies and service partnerships.


Positive results in sodium-ion battery materials project

16 October, 2023

Sparc Technologies and QUT have announced positive results for their sodium-ion battery materials collaboration.


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