Applications open for 2023 Venture Catalyst Space programme Applications for the University of South Australia’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre’s (ICC) Venture Catalyst Space are now open. Supported by the South Australian government the programme connects founders with industry experts including from NASA, the Australian Space Agency, Defence SA, Airbus and the Smart SatCRC. Since its…
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Kite Magnetics recently completed an $1.85 million seed round and hopes to be the Rolls-Royce of e-aviation. Brent Balinski spoke to co-founder Dr Richard Parsons. Occasionally you have a conversation that reminds you that things are an awful lot better than they used to be. For me I had such a conversation a few weeks…
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What were the five biggest stories this week? Here’s what visitors to this site were reading. CARBON REVOLUTION LOOKS TO MERGE, LIST IN THE US Carbon Fibre road wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution has outlined an ambitious plan to merge with a US fund, list on a US stock exchange and emerge with a warchest to…
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A research project that will utilise satellite technology to aid in disaster response is one of four initiatives to receive funding in the latest round of grants from South Australia’s Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund (CRF). The research introduce a new technique for satellite-based connectivity for emergency services and Defence personnel in hazardous environments…
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By Peter Roberts Federal industry minister Ed Husic has talked of a new goal of raising Australia’s R&D spending ‘towards three percent of GDP’. According to a report in Campus Morning Mail, Husic told an audience at UTS, Sydney on Thursday that the goal should be to raise spending from today’s 1.79 percent of GDP…
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The Australian Cyber and Security Centre (ACSC) has released the Annual Cyber Threat Report 2021-22. The third annual report launched by the ACSC (part of the Australian Signals Directorate) includes the key findings: The ACSC received over 76,000 cybercrime reports, an increase of nearly 13 per cent from the previous financial year. On average one…
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University of Sunshine Coast researchers have identified “hundreds of potential anti-cancer compounds” by genome analysis of 12 edible seaweeds, narrowing the search for future identification of chemicals for new products. Professor of Molecular Biology Scott Cummins and Genomics Lecturer Dr Min Zhao said that the anti-cancer benefits of seaweed were known, but it was much…
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The Healthy Mummy to be sold through Woolworths Halo Food Co’s The Healthy Mummy sports and diet products are to be sold through Woolworths supermarkets nationally. The retailer will stock three THM powdered smoothie products from the first quarter of 2023. The sales value of the products to Halo is forecast to be $2.5 million…
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After a long wait the a2 Milk Company has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration that it has exercised its discretion and will allow the New Zealand company to import infant formula into the United States. The company will now supply its a2 Platinum infant formula product – stage 1 and 2…
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The extent of the Australian and state and territory governments’ boost in spending on vocational education and training (VET) during the Covid-19 pandemic has become clear in new figures released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). Governments spent $10.4 billion on VET in 2021, according to the report Government funding of VET…
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