The federal government’s decision to bypass its own science agency and pay $6 million to a multinational consulting firm for key modelling work on its net-zero plan “doesn’t make...
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Australia’s science agency has launched a new $7 million drill core research lab in Perth to analyse underground samples in the search for the critical minerals needed to power...
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One of the great joys of scientific innovation is looking at an existing technology and envisioning a completely novel application outside its original purpose. Quasar Satellite Technologies is a...
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The national science agency has been tasked with developing a business case for what would be one of the largest carbon capture storage projects in the world near Darwin,...
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After four days of intense competition among autonomous robotics experts from around the world, the team of collaborators from CSIRO Data61, Georgia Tech and Aussie startup Emesent was awarded...
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An Australian team has reached the grand final of a global challenge run by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to test autonomous robotic technology to map, navigate...
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It is easy to be distressed if you dwell too long on some of the facts around how our food is produced – unethical livestock conditions and farming practices...
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Swinburne University’s Professor Bronwyn Fox will be CSIRO’s next Chief Scientist, the university announced on Wednesday afternoon. Fox joined Swinburne in 2015 — as the head of its Factory of the...
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Australia needs to be more accepting of changes in strategies and willing to let go of “sacred cow” research areas, following news Data61 will be cutting up to 70...
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Small to medium enterprises collaborating with universities are more successful overall than those which are not, and are much more likely to create new IP, according to a new...
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CSIRO chief executive Dr Larry Marshall has explained why the agency sensationally dumped the team behind the seL4 microkernel, saying he did not believe it was feasible to spin...
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The loss of up to 70 jobs and seven research capabilities at CSIRO’s Data61 is a “shock” and particularly concerning in light of the science agency’s increased funding and...
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It has been a big week in the development of a local green hydrogen sector with the launch of a CSIRO-led national industry mission and the unveiling of the...
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The world-leading Australian research team dumped by the CSIRO’s Data61 last week is in the acquisition sights of a large Chinese company and the Singapore Government’s R&D agency. The...