Researchers create synthetic methane using only the sun
29 February, 2024A UNSW-led team have developed a process that turns CO2 into a cleaner and greener form of methane.
RMIT builds a structure with supernatural strength
26 February, 2024A new 3D-printed metamaterial from common titanium alloy has levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing.
BHP, Rio Tinto, BlueScope to partner on steel decarbonisation
14 February, 2024Australia's two largest iron ore miners and BlueScope have agreed to jointly investigate the development of an electric smelting furnace (ESF) pilot plant.
Delivering the spaceport of the future in the NT
09 February, 2024Designs reveal Equatorial Launch Australia's value offering to launch vehicle providers and payload customers.
CSIRO and Swinburne invest in green steel and mineral processing
06 February, 2024Partnership aims to tackle global decarbonisation with innovative green steel and mineral processing research and development.
Tiny sensor sniffs out toxic ammonia gas
02 February, 2024Exposure 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, 2024Hazer 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, 2024Producing 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, 2023A 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, 2023Co-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, 2023Australia 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, 2023Researchers 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, 2023Siemens 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, 2023Australia 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, 2023CSIRO and Swinburne University of Technology's Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) have launched a state-of-the-art clean hydrogen refuelling station.
