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Southern Ocean Subsea puts a new spin on net repairs

A single tear in an aquaculture fish pen can have massive financial and environmental impacts.  A single failure in such a net can potentially lead to the loss of...

UNSW delivers atomic quantum computing breakthrough

Researchers at the University of New South Wales have claimed a world-first breakthrough by demonstrating provable quantum entanglement between two atoms in silicon, a crucial step for scaling quantum...

‘Foundational’ My Health Record upgrade gets underway

My Health Record will abandon its outdated PDF format in favour of a new open-source health data sharing standard under a “foundational” project slated to cost upwards of $45...

Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell R&D hub opens

Deakin University has opened Australia’s first dedicated hydrogen fuel cell research and development centre, giving researchers and industry access to prototyping and fabrication infrastructure. Opened on Tuesday, the Hycel...

Startup community sidelined by NSW govt data switch

The NSW government has ruled out funding the leading survey of Australian startups again and will instead focus on contributing to a national dataset, casting doubt on the future...

Rebuilding national competitive advantage

Australia has had a competitively thinning economy over the last 30 years. Australian corporates have reduced inhouse research and development – Telstra Research, Comalco Research, Wormald Research are just...

The home-grown startup charging ahead with fusion energy

In 1931, Sir Mark Oliphant demonstrated nuclear fusion by splitting the atom.  The South Australian went on to develop radar and discover hydrogen-boron fusion.  A Sydney-based tech company is...

SA Innovation Challenge returns in new 10-year plan

The South Australian government will launch a new innovation challenge program to drive industry and research collaboration under a new plan for its innovation precincts. Focused on “the most...

Scyne brought in to review WA’s health innovation fund

PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory will be paid almost $250,000 for an open-ended review of Western Australia’s $1.8 billion health innovation future fund based off a 10-year review schedule first...

Ten seconds to launch: Gilmour Space completes wet-test

Gilmour Space Technologies has successfully puts its Eris launch vehicle through a critical wet-test rehearsal, taking the orbital rocket to within ten seconds of launch. As the company continues...

Queensland dishes out $53m in quantum grants

The Queensland government has delivered a $53 million boost to quantum research and commercialisation in support of PsiQuantum’s endeavor to build the world’s first fault-tolerant, error-corrected quantum computer. Seven...

Creating local ingredients for quantum success

The National Quantum Strategy contains a truly audacious claim: that Australia will build the world’s first error-corrected quantum computer.  Is this possible? Australia doesn’t even manufacture conventional computers. Can...