Industry minister Ed Husic made a “desperate intervention” in the growing debate around the government’s flagship industry policy when he linked the planned $15 billion fund to national security,...
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Making quantum leaps in the global economy is only possible with the latest, greatest and most informed guidance. That’s because emerging quantum technologies involve a new way of thinking...
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Australia’s forthcoming national quantum strategy is the “clarion call” the nascent sector needs to mature and will pave the way for more capital and new players, according to two...
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Natural seawater could feasibly be an “almost infinite” feedstock for green hydrogen following a research breakthrough led by scientists at the University of Adelaide. The team used a catalyst...
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The accuracy of the tools used in Alzheimer’s research can now be more easily compared thanks to work by researchers at CSIRO and the Queensland University of Technology. Software...
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Australian quantum startup Q-CTRL plans to add 40 more staff this year after securing an additional A$38.5 million funding in an expanded series B announced Wednesday that includes Salesforce...
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The New South Wales government will launch a $40 million biosciences fund on Wednesday to support startups, researchers and entrepreneurs in the field over the next four years. Modelled...
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Drones and autonomous vehicles will soon be deployed to Antarctica to aid the Australian Antarctic Program’s study of whales and geophysics, allowing for the collection of data otherwise inaccessible...
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A new state fund is offering New South Wales-based companies and research organisations up to $4 million to commercialise quantum computing hardware and software. In total, $7 million is...
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Government intervention is urgently needed to revamp the telecommunications market in regional and rural areas. Failure to act could set back telecommunications competition in regional and rural areas. The...
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Australia’s leadership in quantum computing and quantum science today isn’t an accident. It is the result of over sixty years of investment in the physical sciences in our universities...
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The competition regulator is warning Coclear’s plan to buy its closest competitor will lessen competition and innovation in “the already highly concentrated” hearing device market. The scrutiny comes as...
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Technology-oriented businesses, be they startups, high-growth, or mature, require a mix of skills to succeed and prosper. Moreover, the required skills mix will evolve and change at various stages...
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RMIT University researcher and commercialisation leader Professor Sharath Sriram has been elected as president-elect at Science and Technology Australia as part of a broader board-renewal at the peak representative...