Monash University researchers have developed a new family of materials claimed to be “relatively easily” and affordably made and able to capture excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. According to a statement from the university on Thursday, “meso-macroporous melamine formaldehyde (MF)” is a promising base for direct air capture (DAC) of CO2. MF is made…
A prototype sensor system compact enough to be fitted to a drone and with potential in precision agriculture and elsewhere has been developed by an international team. According to a statement from RMIT University – whose researchers collaborated with those from City University of New York (CUNY), the University of Melbourne and the ARC Centre…
A partnership involving CSL Seqirus, and which has saved more than 2,000 lives through access to antivenoms in Papua New Guinea since beginning in 2018, has been extended by another three years out until 2027. According to a statement from CSL Seqirus – a division of ASX-listed biotech company CSL – it is an initiative…
Ten SME innovators that have been through CSIRO’s On Accelerate mentoring programme have been celebrates at a showcase in Melbourne. ON Accelerate breaks down the challenges that often prevent deep tech ideas and research from getting to market. The showcase highlighted 10 deep tech teams in CSIRO’s Accelerate 8 cohort for progress in areas including…
Provaris Energy’s plans to construct its proposed 26,000 cubic metre H2Neo compressed hydrogen transport vessels has been dealt a blow with the bankruptcy of a key manufacturer provider of a prototype tank for the H2Neo carrier vessel. Norwegian-based Prodtex Industri AS which operates the Fiska facility in Norway and is responsible for constructing the prototype…
By Dylan McConnell, UNSW Sydney In Australia’s electricity system, more and more energy from sunlight and wind is being “spilled” – or not converted to electricity. In the last year, the amount of renewable energy spilled was roughly equivalent to the annual consumption of 750,000 typical households, or three months of consumption for the state…
The foundations have been laid and construction is underway at a processing facility “that will underpin a sustainable cotton industry” in the Ord River Irrigation Area, according to an update from the Western Australian government. Premier Roger Cook and regional development minister Don Punch toured the Kimberley Cotton Company’s cotton gin in Kununurra on Wednesday.…
A further round of speakers has been announced for Siemens’ Beyond 1% Summit, to run on July 3 and 4, including NSW premier Chris Minns, MD of Microsoft ANZ Steven Worrall, and Chief Sustainability Officer of Solar Recovery Corporation Rob Gell. Beyond 1% will take place at the Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, with the…
Plant-based product business BioPak has announced an upcoming range of compostable cups lined with polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biopolymer, which it says is an Australian first. In a statement on Wednesday, the Bondi-based company said it was now first to market with a compostable packaging sector product: “a cup that truly aligns with the circular economy.” PHA…
Channel Nine media has revealed that a group of 70 economists from the nation’s most important universities support the recently announced Future Made in Australia policy. The exclusive story by well respected journalist Shane Wright in the SMH newspaper also puts a rocket up the Productivity Commission which has continued its long standing antipathy to…