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Nominations open for Victorian Manufacturing Awards Nominations opened on Monday for the 21st Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame Awards. The state-based award program was opened by minister for manufacturing sovereignty Ben Carroll, who said “The awards recognise our top manufacturers that are leading from the front – cementing our status as Australia’s manufacturing state.” This year there…

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now

By Salman Shooshtarian, RMIT University and Tayyab Maqsood, RMIT University At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia.…

Quantum Brilliance launches new software range

Australian-German company Quantum Brilliance announced the launch of its new Qristal software range, allowing users to “develop and test novel quantum algorithms specifically designed for quantum accelerators rather than quantum mainframes.” Quantum Brilliance is developing diamond-based quantum accelerators, which operate at room temperature and are fabricated in Melbourne. These company likens these to graphic processing…