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Origin exits hydrogen despite $115m govt support

Origin Energy will cease work on green hydrogen development despite receiving $115 million in state and Commonwealth government backing for a proposed hub in New South Wales. The decision...

Zero-shot inference and the future of forecasting

In any organisation, time series forecasting remains a fundamental problem that has a tremendous impact on a vast range of activities covering anything from resource planning to budgeting. Time...

Southern Ocean Subsea puts a new spin on net repairs

A single tear in an aquaculture fish pen can have massive financial and environmental impacts.  A single failure in such a net can potentially lead to the loss of...

UNSW delivers atomic quantum computing breakthrough

Researchers at the University of New South Wales have claimed a world-first breakthrough by demonstrating provable quantum entanglement between two atoms in silicon, a crucial step for scaling quantum...

‘Foundational’ My Health Record upgrade gets underway

My Health Record will abandon its outdated PDF format in favour of a new open-source health data sharing standard under a “foundational” project slated to cost upwards of $45...

Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell R&D hub opens

Deakin University has opened Australia’s first dedicated hydrogen fuel cell research and development centre, giving researchers and industry access to prototyping and fabrication infrastructure. Opened on Tuesday, the Hycel...

Startup community sidelined by NSW govt data switch

The NSW government has ruled out funding the leading survey of Australian startups again and will instead focus on contributing to a national dataset, casting doubt on the future...

Rebuilding national competitive advantage

Australia has had a competitively thinning economy over the last 30 years. Australian corporates have reduced inhouse research and development – Telstra Research, Comalco Research, Wormald Research are just...

The home-grown startup charging ahead with fusion energy

In 1931, Sir Mark Oliphant demonstrated nuclear fusion by splitting the atom.  The South Australian went on to develop radar and discover hydrogen-boron fusion.  A Sydney-based tech company is...

SA Innovation Challenge returns in new 10-year plan

The South Australian government will launch a new innovation challenge program to drive industry and research collaboration under a new plan for its innovation precincts. Focused on “the most...

Scyne brought in to review WA’s health innovation fund

PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory will be paid almost $250,000 for an open-ended review of Western Australia’s $1.8 billion health innovation future fund based off a 10-year review schedule first...