This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three chemists who collectively developed something that has become an absolute necessity in our daily lives – the lithium ion battery.
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CSIRO, the Victorian government and industry partners have developed technology to allow home rooftop PV and battery systems to charge electric vehicles. The organisation teamed up with Nissan and Delta Electronics to overcome problems faced by home PV and battery systems, which can overheat and lose efficiency when charging an EV on hot days. Three…
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Titanium filtration membranes originally designed for the wine sector are being adapted for a new range of industries including oil, wool and water.
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Australian medical implant pioneer Anatomics will launch its new manufacturing facility in East Bentleigh, Melbourne on Thursday morning.
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High-speed welding technology developer K-TIG (ASX: KTG) has rejoined the Australian stock exchange after raising $7 million from investors. The company is commercialising a former CSIRO technology known as Keyhole TIG which operates at a fraction of the cost and time of conventional systems. The listing was a backdoor listing, involving the purchase of Serpantine…
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The federal government has announced a number of naval defence industry contracts where work flows to SME technology companies and manufacturers. In separate announcements, defence industry minister Melissa Price revealed new contracts for the $50 billion Attack class submarines and a R&D grant to develop naval unmanned systems. Price announced: # Lockheed Martin had signed…
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Queensland’s Project Atlas development by Senex Energy (ASX:SXY), which will supply manufacturers CSR, Orora and O-I, has produced its first gas.
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Comment by Peter Roberts Australians have a habit of clutching onto any small breakthrough or new development and labeling our country a global leader or somesuch in a particular field. One of the latest areas where we are supposed to lead is in the industrial internet of things, the linking together of masses of individual…
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Specialty chemicals manufacturer Alexium International (ASX: AJX) is to debut new uses for its flame retardants in the bedding industry at an upcoming show in the United States. CEO Bob Brookins said products incorporating the company’s Alexicool fire retardant would be displayed at the upcoming Las Vegas bedding show. He said: “We are actively working…
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Perth’s Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) has announced it has successfully created lithium ion batteries (LIBs) from materials recycled from spent batteries. The company, which operates mines and is developing a recycling technology with nuclear organisation, ANSTO, produced lithium-ferro-phosphate batteries at its VCPC pilot plant in Brisbane. As reported in @AuManufacturing news in August, Lithium successfully…
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