Two South Australian companies have been awarded a contract to build and supply a mobile launch rail for Australian spaceport and space mission provider Southern Launch. Ferretti International and Hydroil have been awarded contracts to build the mobile launch rail which is funded by an almost $1 million dollar grant awarded to Southern Launch as…
CSIRO has opened a new $23.1 million national laboratory in Melbourne that will bolster the nation’s ability to produce vaccines and drug treatments onshore. Researchers at CSIRO’s National Vaccine and Therapeutics Lab will turn vaccine and drug candidates into products that can be manufactured in quantity for clinical trials. According to a statement from CSIRO,…
Manufacturing is viewed by some as a fading sector, inevitably being replaced by new, knowledge and service based industries in developed countries such as the US, UK and Australia. But a study of the behaviour of manufacturing companies over time by researchers at Princeton University has demonstrated that as manufacturing itself changes, it changes the…
Quantum computing hardware error specialist Q-CTRL has introduced its new quantum sensing division reflecting a growing demand and opportunity to deliver sovereign capability to Australia and the AUKUS allies. Quantum sensing allows users to leverage the fragility of quantum computing technology to detect tiny signals for applications in navigation, defence, Earth observation and space. Sydney-based…
Melbourne’s Monash University has been announced as one of ten winners internationally of unique grants being awarded by international group the Algorand Foundation to further education, and research into positive effects of blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. The university’s Dr. Joseph Liu will receive a share of $50 million over five years to fund an Algorand…
Perth biotechnology group Proteomics International Laboratories has reached an agreement to exclusively licence its PromarkerD test for diabetes to Sonic Healthcare USA. An estimated 32 million people or 11 percent of the American population live with diabetes, with PromarkerD the only test available that is able to identify their risk of developing diabetic kidney disease.…
Minerals producer QEM Ltd has achieved high oil and vanadium extraction rates from its Melbourne pilot plant (pictured) in tests of ores from the company’s Julia Creek mine in western Queensland. Higher rates of extraction of oil and vanadium, a critical battery metal, were possible at a larger scale which processed 6kg of Julia Creek…
An Australian apparel manufacturing house which has largely sold through country retailers is breaking into big city retailing, bringing with it its much loved stable of Australian made brands including Rossi Boots and DrizaBone clothing. Rural outfitters, RB Sellars has opened its first capital city store in Richmond, Melbourne, building on its extensive branch network…
Zero Automotive has commissioned its first single cab, zero emissions, ZED70 Ti EV utility platform at a Western Australian mine site, following on from earlier dual cab deliveries. The vehicle was delivered to Barminco in Perth who installed mining specification equipment before the vehicle was sent to the IGO Nova nickel-copper-cobalt operation in the Fraser…
Space, communications and defence manufacturer Electro Optic Systems has scored the biggest possible ally as it attempts to commercialise its SpaceLink global system of linked optical relay communications satellites. SpaceLink has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Center (USASMDC-TC) in Redstone Arsenal,…