After decades of invaluable work encouraging more than 1.5 million young Australians to take up STEM careers, the Re-Engineering Australia Foundation has been unable to secure ongoing funds from government or industry and will close. This is the full text of the high achieving charity’s shock announcement, by Dr Michael Myers. With a heavy heart,…
The first cohort of skilled submarine workers from ASC have departed for Pearl Harbor in the United States to receive training in the sustainment of nuclear powered submarines. Around 30 skilled ASC Pty Ltd workers are the first to deploy to the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard to learn maintenance of US Virginia class nuclear‑powered submarines…
Australian researchers, led by Monash University, have invented a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for virtual screening in early stage drug discovery to speed the identification of potential new medicines. Although computational methods within drug discovery are well established, there is a gap when it comes to AI tools to rapidly and cost-effectively predict the…
Evaporative cooling technology developed by Adelaide’s Seeley International could allow the further development of agriculture in the Middle East, according to a new study. Agro-Engineer Jansher Salahuddeen revealed his study into Seeley’s Climate Wizard technology on social media as a possible answer to the challenge of growing greenhouse crops in the Middle East in summer…
There was a time just over a year ago when infant formula maker Bubs Australia seemed always in the news and the news was good. The company whose unique selling point is its use of Australian goats milk in its products was Australian Exporter of the Year in 2022. Its products were flying off the…
By Peter Roberts The federal government has secured ‘more gas at reasonable prices’ to be made available for Australia’s east coast gas users through a new supply deal with Walloons, part of Shell, according to the government. An additional 40 petajoules will be made available for the domestic market for gas power generation between now…
Lithium Australia subsidiary Envirostream has signed a new three-year Mixed Metal Dust (MMD) off-take agreement to supply leading South Korean battery recycler SungEel HiTech. SungEel HiTech will purchase a minimum of 60 percent of Envirostream’s annual MMD production from its battery recycling facility in Melbourne. The facility utilises ANSTO/Lithium technology which recovers 95 per cent…
Advanced composites manufacturer Quickstep has secured new orders and collaborations with drone customers, spurring a major expansion of its Drone Aerostructures and Payloads business. The company said it had received a follow-on order for 20 Volanti aircraft from drone company Carbonix following its delivery of an order for 40 Volanti’s worth $1.35 million in June.…
Composites manufacturer Quickstep is gaining new successes in the drone manufacturing business, recently passing its 100th drone delivered for customers Swoop Aero and Carbonix. The Sydney company is more used to manufacturing critical aerospace parts such as wing trailing edges for Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules transporter and tail components for the F-35 Lightning fighter…
By Peter Roberts You really would pull your hair out if you stopped to think about the supermarket duopoly’s commitment to Australian industry – you know the growers and industry manned by its customers – Australians. The first image (pictured) last night on the Woolworths Group website is captioned – Growing Together for 36 Years…