With Australia now set on a path of intensive re-industrialisation and tens of billions of targeted investment dollars being readied for deployment, attention has turned to identifying areas of...
Science
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Australia should focus investment in building sovereign capability in quantum and other innovative technologies, rather than play catch up with “yesterday’s technology” like semiconductors, according to the new head...
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Molecular and cellular biologist Professor Doug Hilton will be the next chief executive of the CSIRO, replacing its longest serving leader Dr Larry Marshall when he steps down later...
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CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall will exit the national science agency at the end of the month after an eight-and-a-half-year run. The organisation is in better shape than when...
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Bioengineering startup Number 8 Bio’s microorganisms could greatly scale the feed additive production process, cutting livestock greenhouse gas emissions and boosting productivity. CSIRO spin-out Future Feed holds the patent...
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Western Australia Innovation and Digital Economy minister Stephen Dawson will take on the Science portfolio in Premier Roger Cook’s new Cabinet. Announced on Wednesday, Mr Dawson will add Minister...
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Larry Marshall has just a few short weeks left at Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO, where he has been chief executive officer since 2015, with his latest contract...
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Australia’s commercialisation woes have plagued the country for decades now. Despite having world-leading research and tech entrepreneurs ready to bring it to the world, Australia has traditionally struggled to...
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Artificial intelligence algorithms are quickly becoming a part of everyday life. Many systems that require strong security are either already underpinned by machine learning or soon will be. These...
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Applicants to New South Wales’ industry and innovation grant programs worth more than $227 million have been told their potential funding may never come, with the Minns government reviewing...
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Since last month’s launch of Minderoo’s XPrize Wildfire, a four-year global competition that will award $16 million in prize money to teams able to demonstrate fully autonomous capabilities to...
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A long-planned nuclear waste facility to store and dispose of radioactive material that has built up over decades has secured significant funding after the former Coalition government settled on...
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ second Budget disappointed research and science groups, which had been calling for a significant increase in investment after a decade of decline had created a “crisis”...
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There is a disconnect between the bright picture Treasurer Jim Chalmers paints about the opportunities for Australia to participate in the next wave of global industrial growth, and the...