Author: Brandon How

CSIRO scanning tech supporting ISS research

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CSIRO-designed 3D mapping technology has been sent to the International Space Station, where it will be fitted to its onboard robot assistant. The multi-resolution scanning technology will be used...

Gig Guide: Elaine Stead joins Main Sequence

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Entrepreneur and venture capitalist Elaine Stead has joined CSIRO-seeded Main Sequence Ventures’ investment team, concluding her time leading Human Venture Capital. Ms Stead has 20 years’ experience working across...

WA opens $22m green innovation grants round

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More than $20 million in grants for green technology projects with “high public value” are up for grabs in Western Australia under the latest round of the state government’s Clean...

New STA chief moves from ACOLA

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Industry and research representative group Science and Technology Australia has found its new chief executive in Ryan Winn, the current head of the Australian College of Learned Academies. Announced...

IP licence exports key to R&D strategy: STA

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Any R&D strategy developed by the federal government should focus on supporting intellectual property that can be licensed to overseas manufacturers rather than creating local mass production, according to...

British synthetic fuel producer proposes SA production facility

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Zero Petroleum, a British manufacturer of hydrogen-based synthetic fuels, could be commercially manufacturing from South Australia by 2026 after signing an MoU agreement with the state government to explore...

New eligibility criteria confirmed in EMDG rules refresh

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A new eligibility criteria for the federal government’s troubled Export Market Development Grants program came into effect on Friday, conferring additional powers on the Austrade chief executive. The Export...