Tag: CSIRO

PsiQuantum debuts new Brisbane quantum lab

Posted on   |  by David Allen
PsiQuantum has opened a research hub at Griffith University in Brisbane’s south, where it plans to test and prove technologies vital for its long-planned quantum computer facility. As its...

CSIRO is cutting climate science jobs. This is what’s at stake

Posted on   |  by Christian Jakob, Andy Hogg and Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
CSIRO has told staff it will cut 92 positions in its environment unit, just days after the Australian government boosted funding to the national science agency by $387 million....

New CRC unlocks $11m for additive manufacturing

Posted on   |  by David Allen
One of Australia’s youngest scientific research centres has unlocked more than $11 million in matched industry and research funding for 3D printing projects spanning aerospace, defence, medtech, mining and...

Clouds clearing: CSIRO shifts compute to the edge for AI

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The CSIRO on Monday unveiled its Australian-first edge infrastructure for artificial intelligence, offering users in Brisbane faster on site processing for real world testing of robotics and “a different...

Space agency handed two-year budget lifeline

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s space industry regulator will still face a funding cliff in 2028 despite a $22 million top up in Tuesday’s federal budget and in defiance of warnings the vital...

A mass exodus of science and technology workers is underway

Posted on   |  by Ryan Winn
This time last year, Treasurer Jim Chalmers spoke about five ‘seismic changes’ reshaping the world in his federal Budget speech. Shifts from globalisation to fragmentation, hydrocarbons to renewables, IT...

Budget drop: CSIRO gets a last-minute funding boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Just months after announcing hundreds of research scientist redundancies, Australia’s national science agency CSIRO has been thrown a budget lifeline. In November the agency said it would shed up...

A new model: An Innovation and Industrial Strategy Commission

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
Australia already has many of the institutional ingredients for effective innovation ecosystem development. What it lacks is coordination among these instruments around shared objectives. An Australian Innovation and Industrial...

CSIRO plunges down patent rankings amid AI filing spree

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has slipped down the country’s patent rankings, falling out of the top five most active applicants amid a surge in filings from a...