Without a massive grid upgrade, the Coalition’s nuclear plan faces a high-voltage hurdle

By Asma Aziz, Edith Cowan University Keeping the lights on in Australia is a complex task. Enough capacity must be ensured everywhere in the country, at every moment. Surplus in one location won’t solve shortages in another, unless we have the transmission infrastructure to transmit electricity between them. The transmission network largely consists of high-voltage…

AROSE and Robotics Australia boost industry collaboration

Robotics Australia Group and remote operations group AROSE have combined with the aim of strengthening Australia’s robotics and automation ecosystem. AROSE Director Space & Resources Michelle Keegan recently led the largest mining and METS sector mission to the NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The mission showcased the innovative approaches to exploration, novel…

Record number in free training in WA

A new record high of over 153,800 publicly funded vocational course enrolments were recorded in Western Australia in 2023. Publicly funded course enrolments increased almost 10 per cent from 2022 bating the state’s previous record of 150,310 enrolments in 2021. According to an announcement, growth was stimulated by more than 153,800 publicly funded vocational course…

CLINUVEL product studied for Sun exposure DNA repair

Biopharmaceurical company CLINUVEL has announced results from a study evaluating the DNA-repair capacity of its afamelanotide product on skin of healthy volunteers exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The study, conducted at Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester suggests that afamelanotide leads to reduction of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in exposed skin, according to an ASX announcement. The…