The Guinness World Record for the longest-running laboratory experiment is a title still held by the University of Queensland for its Pitch Drop experiment. It began in 1927 with...
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In a world where rival superpowers the United States and China are spending many trillions of dollars to win the new digital industrial revolution, Australia’s vital economic statistics and...
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The federal government expects to lift overall spending on R&D by almost $650 million this financial year, outpacing sluggish R&D spending growth in the private sector, according to new...
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South Australian launch operator Southern Launch will attempt Australia’s first commercial space re-entry early next year at its Koonibba Test Range after receiving clearance from the Australian government. The...
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Senate crossbenchers that the federal government needs to win over to pass its Future Made in Australia bill are demanding more transparency, emissions assessments and an explicit ban on...
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Every year around the world, more than a third of all food that is produced goes to waste. In Australia, 7.6 million tonnes of food goes to waste every...
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The CSIRO’s chief information officer of nearly nine and a half years, Brendan Dalton, will retire at the end of this year. Mr Dalton, who was also chief information...
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Australian governments have been discussing innovation, advanced manufacturing, and the vision of making more (and more high-tech things) in Australia… for decades. Yet here we are in 2024, ranked...
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The NSW government will defer up to $250 million in critical minerals royalties and speed up project assessments in a bid to kickstart the state’s industry amid growing national...
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The Australian National University’s research and innovation arm will lose more than 10 per cent of staff as part of a major cost-saving restructure designed to cut salary cost by...
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New South Wales Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will deliver the industry keynote address at the gala dinner for the 2024 InnovationAus Awards for Excellence in Sydney on October 30. From...
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Digital platform giants claim they would become the “sole arbiters of truth online” if the Albanese government’s misinformation laws pass but are facing strong push back from lawmakers for...
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New laws that will force health providers to upload pathology and diagnostic imaging to My Health Record by default or forgo Medicare payments will be introduced to Parliament next...
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In 2019, the NSW government unveiled a world-first program to crackdown on illegal mobile phone use by drivers. In 2021, the Queensland government kicked off a first-of-its-kind seatbelt compliance...