Australia’s national science agency has launched unmanned, hurricane-proof ships to circumnavigate Antarctica for months at a time to study climate emissions in the ocean. Four Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicles...
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The CSIRO’s main Melbourne site will receive an $18 million upgrade to help accommodate the arrival of climate researchers from a nearby mothballed lab, after Parliament approved the fit...
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Queensland has become home to an Australian-first CSIRO facility for packaging and testing photonic chips, a key building block for advanced sensors and quantum computing systems. The Queensland Advanced...
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The CSIRO has quietly exited Sydney’s largest technology and innovation hub, shifting staff to two of its other sites after surrendering control of its Lindfield campus to the federal...
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Australia’s national science agency has haggled a temporary stay of execution for its fire safety testing lab in Sydney, pushing back its closure till next year following harsh criticism...
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The national science agency is examining alternatives to the closure of its fire testing lab in Sydney’s north west following an outcry from the construction industry over the loss...
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The CSIRO has botched its handling of artificial intelligence so badly that it should no longer lead Australia’s national science agenda, according to the founding chief executive of the...
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Australia and Finland’s national science agencies have signed an agreement to collaborate on research and development aimed at pushing quantum technologies towards practical industrial deployment. The Commonwealth Scientific and...
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The CSIRO will merge its digital and manufacturing research units after shedding more than 100 of the units’ staff amid immense financial pressures over the last two years. The...
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A Senate inquiry into CSIRO resourcing has been branded “pathetic” after it acknowledged structural funding issues and risks to sovereign capability from recent job cuts, but stopped short of...
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The world’s first proven quantum battery is alive and charging in a lab in Melbourne, and researchers at the national science agency are now seeking development partners for the...
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CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton has rejected claims decades of funding cuts and a growing corporate focus had transformed the national science agency into “a consultancy business”, during a...
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The CSIRO has presented the most detailed evidence yet of how dire its finances are, showing how successive governments have chosen not to fund its true costs for decades,...
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The CSIRO’s energy transition research hub in Newcastle will tackle more cutting-edge projects like storing excess grid electricity in electric vehicle batteries following a $3 million laboratory upgrade that...