Australian and United States ministers have met in a virtual forum to discuss strengthening global supply chains. Industry and science minister Ed Husic joined a virtual ministerial forum hosted by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, to discuss long-term strategies to build supply chain resilience. During the…
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Rocket manufacturer ATSpace and spaceport operator Southern Launch have announced approval from the federal government to launch two suborbital “Kestrel I” rockets from the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex in South Australia. The VS02 and VS03 missions will fly the experimental Kestrel I rockets along sub-orbital trajectories to test the rocket design under different operating…
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Airbus Defence and Space has been named strategic partner for one of Defence’s strategic STaR (Science, Technology and Research) Shot R&D programs, the decade-long ‘Resilient Multi-mission Space’ theme, which will design, manufacture, launch and operate at least four small satellites.
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Starpharma’s Viraleze antiviral nasal spray has passed another trial confirming its effectiveness – this time showing it provides protection against infection with the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of the virus which causes Covid-19. One hundred per cent of animals treated with Viraleze in a viral challenge test by Scripps Research had no detectable virus…
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Technology developer Silex Systems has finished construction of stage three of a pilot demonstration plant to manufacture zero-spin silicon (ZS-Si) used to make computer chips for cutting edge quantum computers. ZS-Si is a unique form of isotopically enriched silicon allowing next-generation quantum processing chips to store data at the sub-atomic level. Silex’s technology is a…
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Finalists have been announced for this year’s Queensland Export Awards, which will be held on October 5 at RNA Showgrounds.
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Nominations are open for the second Circle Awards AUS & NZ, designed to recognise “businesses, organisations, and individuals taking positive steps” through circular economy efforts. Winners across 14 categories will be announced on October 18, as part of the Purpose 2022 conference. The event will be presented by TMRRW and newly-announced partner Polestar, a Swedish-headquartered…
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By Peter Roberts In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic it was shortages of everyday items such as toilet paper that suffered the disruptions of global supply chains. Now a risible situation is becoming really serious – we are experiencing shortages of critical medicines such as drugs for diabetes, hormone replacement therapy, depression, nausea,…
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Virtual Reality (VR) and cobot technologies have been successfully utilised during the prototype phase of construction of nine Hunter class frigates at the Osborne naval shipyard in Adelaide. BAE Systems trialled the advanced technologies in simple assembly and inspection work following trials at the Line Zero facility at Adelaide’s Tonsley innovation precinct which is a…
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Robotics, AI, and design-led manufacturing centre the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Hub has been awarded approved research institute (ARI) status – a first for the Australian manufacturing ecosystem. ARI approval is awarded by the federal government to not-for-profit organisations undertaking scientific research of value to Australia which had a suitably qualified research committee. ARM…
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