Australian researchers make powerful, tiny artificial muscles inspired by DNA “supercoiling”
University of Wollongong researchers have developed a new type of DNA-inspired artificial muscle, with potential applications in miniature robotics.
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Fibres and composites transforming industry: the cutting edge of carbon fibre in Australia
In this part of our Fibres and composites transforming industry series, Innovync looks at carbon fibre, including how it’s made, its history, how it’s being used in Australia.
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Doxall and Next Science are two new Australian anti-microbial chemistries
By Peter Roberts Microbial resistance to antibiotics and sanitising agents is on everyone’s mind in recent times, with resistant strains already in the news even before Covid-19 hit. But two Australian companies, Wintermute Biomedical and Next Science, have been quietly developing genuinely new chemistries that represent potential breakthroughs in halting infections. Next Science’s XPerience No…
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Manufacturing news briefs – stories you might have missed
Anteotech to raise $16 million to fund Covid test Surface chemistry group Anteotech has received commitments from sophisticated investors to raise $12 million in new capital, and now plans a $4 million share purchase plan from existing shareholders. The company, best known for its nano-coating technology for battery lithium, will use the proceeds to scale…
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Australian Biotherapeutics begins production at new factory
Australian Biotherapeutics has begun production at a new $10.4 million factory at Coolum’s Suncoast Business Park.
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DEWC and Gilmour to develop electronic warfare satellites
Electronic warfare group DEWC Systems and rocket manufacturer Gilmour Space Technologies are to collaborate to build prototype satellites equipped with electronic warfare payloads.
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Metals chemicals progress reported by Lepidico, Australian Vanadium
Research and market development of value-added metals is bearing fruit with Lepidico and Australian Vanadium (AVL) both reporting new company milestones. Today resources and chemicals group Australian Vanadium confirmed positive results from its Cooperative Research Centre CRC-P grant studying the production of value-added vanadium chemicals. Also today lithium chemicals company Lepidico announced it was negotiating…
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A mission to bring research and industry together
In May 1926, the Australian inventor of the Sunshine Harvester, Hugh McKay, died. His homegrown invention had created the largest factory in Australia at the time, peaking at 3,000 workers, and transformed Australian agriculture.
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Monash researchers develop robot apple harvester
Monash University researchers have developed an apple-picking robot that displayed a better than 85 per cent success rate in field trials over February and March at Fankhauser Apples in Drouin, Victoria.
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Fibres and composites transforming industry: Advanced pultrusion for a modern industry
Mohammad Alhawamdeh, Omar Alajarmeh, Tristan Shelley, Xuesen Zeng, Peter Schubel explain pultrusion, its usefulness and its growth in adoption in this installment of our Fibres and composites transforming industry series.
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