After four days of intense competition among autonomous robotics experts from around the world, the team of collaborators from CSIRO Data61, Georgia Tech and Aussie startup Emesent was awarded...
Research
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The federal government’s plan to introduce standardised contracts for IP deals between universities and businesses by the end of the year has been cautiously welcomed by the higher education...
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Quantum computing risks becoming the latest in a long line of stories where Australian smarts make early breakthroughs in an emerging technology, only to see the commercial returns and...
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The opposition has accused the federal government of “kicking the can down the road” on plans to develop a domestic mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability, following revelations it doesn’t expect...
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Former Australian diplomat Johanna Weaver will lead a new Australian National University centre focused on addressing some of the biggest challenges Australians’ face with the increasing integration of digital...
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Australia will officially back the scrapping of COVID-19 vaccine intellectual property rules to assist developing nations in accessing cheaper vaccines following months of campaigning and protests against the federal...
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Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley and CSIRO chair David Thodey have taken on the joint roles of Patron for the inaugural InnovationAus.com 2021 Awards for Excellence. With entries...
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A project to improve and commercialise technology for extracting critical minerals from bauxite residue and another that advances a ‘bionic eye’ for the sight impaired are among the latest...
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Total spending by Australian business on research and development remains at 2012 levels, despite small increases in each of the past three financial years. A new Australian Bureau of Statistics...
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Opinion: Australia is preparing to make substantial investments in the assets, facilities and services that support research and innovation. An expert working group, led by Dr Ziggy Switkowski, is...
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Indigenous knowledge of astronomy is now starting to be recognised for its complexity, according to Indigenous astronomer, astrophysicist, science communicator and Gamilaraay woman, Karlie Noon. Ms Noon is an...
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Australian-German startup Quantum Brilliance has closed a $13 million seed investment co-led by a consortium of Main Sequence and the founder of QxBranch, an Australian quantum software spin-out which...
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The CSIRO’s newly established Quantum Technologies Future Science Platform has found its first director with the appointment of Dr Jim Rabeau, the former Sydney University professor and deputy director...
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There is finally some stability around the research and development tax incentive, with long-mooted reforms implemented and audits becoming more balanced, according to an expert advisor on the scheme....