Tag: CSIRO

Startups win from procurement rule shift, but barriers remain

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Startups and small businesses can better access Commonwealth contracts after last year’s procurement rules changes, a Canberra founder says, but dense tender infrastructure and duplicative processes are keeping many...

PM’s science pick lashes cuts to CSIRO climate research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A pioneering oceanographer has criticised CSIRO management’s lack of scientific experience and warned cuts to the agency’s environmental research will compound Australia’s climate crisis. Amid reports the CSIRO’s Environmental...

Gig Guide: Jon Whittle joins Melbourne Business School

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The former managing director of CSIRO’s Data61 Jon Whittle has joined Melbourne Business School as a distinguished fellow. The school announced the NASA alum’s appointment this week, saying he...

CSIRO publishes quantum power breakthrough

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Researchers at the national science agency have developed a more energy and temperature-efficient architecture for quantum computers using emergent tiny battery technology. The CSIRO on Monday published new research...

Australia and Japan team on hybrid quantum research

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australian and Japanese researchers will collaborate on quantum-classical computing using some of the world’s fastest systems under a new tie-up announced on Thursday. The deal commits the nations to...

Silex vows to push on after US$900m contract miss

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Silex Systems will push ahead with plans to build a large-scale laser uranium enrichment facility in the United States despite losing out on a US$900 million government contract to...

$233m MYEFO boost won’t save CSIRO researchers

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An almost quarter of a billion-dollar injection into the CSIRO won’t save up to 350 research jobs the agency is planning to cut, with the new funding instead going...

Renewables still cheapest in CSIRO’s revised modelling

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Renewables remain the cheapest new form of electricity generation, the CSIRO has again shown, even when accounting for decarbonised system costs that critics of the previous modelling claimed could...