Supermarket chains Woolworths and Coles said on Thursday that they’ve offered to assume responsibility for an estimated 12,000 tonnes of stockpiled soft plastic left behind by the collapsed REDcycle program. REDcycle collected soft plastics from about 2,000 supermarkets around Australia. It was paused in November, and had been secretly stockpiling unprocessed plastic at sites around…
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Satellite communications manufacturer Quasar Satellite Technologies has announced it has been awarded a $5.3 million Defence Innovation Hub contract for space communications and space domain awareness. With more than 50,000 satellites expected to be launched in the next decade, there is a pressing need to improve the way that satellites are supported, and how space…
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Battery technology company Li-S Energy has announced a partnership with the ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy (SafeREnergy) on a solid-state lithium sulfur battery cell development project. The project will combine Li-S Energy’s lithium sulfur and lithium metal technologies with solid-state solutions, with the potential to deliver higher performance and increased safety. Solid-state…
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Northern Territory based company Corrosion Instruments has launched CI-Tx, a system that remotely monitors and controls the cathodic protection on pipelines, wharves, storage tanks and tunnels. Previously, monitoring corrosion on such large metal infrastructure was an onerous task that had to be done manually, according to founder and Managing Director, Sam Pattemore. Pattemore, who has…
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The federal government has launched what it called a national conversation to guide the direction of Australia’s science priorities. Launching a national debate at Burwood Girls High School in Sydney, Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic encouraged Australians to get involved in the discussion, to help identify priority areas that will deliver social, economic…
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Brisbane-based, Toronto-listed Graphene Manufacturing Group announced on Wednesday that it had the regulatory and council approvals needed to begin commercial-scale manufacturing of its novel batteries. To date the company has been working under R&D-level regulatory approvals to make battery cell prototypes. The announcement is the first about GMG’s batteries since June last year, when GMG…
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Upcoming report to look at boosting cell and gene manufacturing AusBiotech has commissioned research into what is required for Australia to manufacture more cell and gene products. There is an opportunity for Australia to be a regional hub in the Asia Pacific region for cell and gene manufacturing, yet there are a number of barriers,…
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A team of researchers from Australian and UK universities has developed a proof-of-concept for “metasurface” technology, claiming strong advantages over LCD screens. The team from UNSW Canberra and the Australian National University, as well as the UK’s Nottingham Trent University, developed novel cells that are 100 times thinner and offer ten times the resolution –…
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By Dylan McConnell, UNSW Sydney The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) this week released an update to its annual assessment of reliability, the so-called Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This has been reported as the market operator forecasting “power shortages”, or the network being “at risk of supply shortages”. The market operator has certainly put up…
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Vegan and organic baby formula manufacturer Sprout Organic has announced its first ranging deal with a national supplement retailer, Elite Supplements. The company already sells through chemist groups such as Chemist Warehouse, Go Vita and Terry White. The Queensland startup’s full product suite, including its formulas, will soon be available across 60 Elite Supplement stores…
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