As our panel of expert judges go about the marking of nominations, the Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers campaign looks at a company trying to turn theoretical physics research into the impossible dream of clean, abundant energy. Brent Balinski speaks to HB11 Energy founder Dr Warren McKenzie. The nation’s record on turning research inputs into…
Enzymatic recycling business Samsara Eco has announced two new additions to its global leadership team, with the appointment of Brock Thomas as Chief Innovation Officer and Isaac Iverson as Executive Product Director. In a statement on Thursday, the company said the pair bring decades of experience in the USA’s polymer industry and “will lead the…
By Changyan He, University of Newcastle Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed new, tiny robotic surgical tools that may let surgeons perform “keyhole surgery” on the brain.…
Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) and Hanwha Systems have signed a teaming agreement with RF communication technology specialist GME at the Avalon Air Show 2025 this week. According to a statement from HDA, the agreement builds on the memorandum of understanding signed at the 2024 MilCIS conference in November last year. With the body of work…
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (EVTOL) aircraft maker AMSL Aero and heat exchanger specialist Conflux Technology have shared details of a new partnership, the first phase of which saw Conflux develop hydrogen fuel cell cooling concepts for AMSL Aero’s Vertiia craft. In a statement on Wednesday, Conflux said they had developed “three innovative heat exchanger…
Breakthrough Victoria and Swinburne University of Technology are each investing $500,000 in EntroMat, a company specialising in High Entropy Materials (HEMs.) HEMs are made by combining five or more main elements and possess “unique chemical and microstructural complexity” and can have useful properties such as high strength and hardness, corrosion and wear resistance, and thermal…
