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In a world where manufacturing typically conjures images of sprawling factories and complex machinery, a tiny six-legged workforce is quietly revolutionising production processes at Southern Cross University. Black soldier flies, the unassuming insects with appetites twice their body weight, are being harnessed as nature’s manufacturing plants to transform food waste into valuable resources, researchers revealed…

Race Oncology opened patient enrolment at a second site for its Phase 1 clinical trial of RC220 in patients with advanced solid tumours, the company announced on Tuesday. The Central Coast Local Health District, comprising Gosford and Wyong Hospitals, has been activated following the earlier activation of the lead Australian site, Southside Cancer Centre in…

Greensteel Australia has signed a $1.6 billion order for a “next-generation” steel mill to be built in Italy as it advances its plan to take over the troubled Whyalla steelworks. The Sydney-based company finalised the deal with Italian firm Danieli at a contract signing in Adelaide on Sunday. The agreement includes a new plant, two…

Governor-General to join Good Design Australia as Patron Design advocacy body Good Design Australia announced on Tuesday that the Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, will become the Patron of the organisation, in what it said was a “historic appointment signal[ing] the critically important role of design in shaping Australia’s future.” In a statement, the organisation said the…

The national market for plastic pipe and plastic packaging material manufacturing is worth a predicted $4.7 billion this financial year, with revenues shrinking an average of 1.1 per cent annually between 2020 and 2025, according to a new report from IBISWorld. A contributor to the decline in revenue in “a mixed-performance” category was increased mortgage…

By Marina Yue Zhang, University of Technology Sydney In the escalating trade war between the United States and China, one notable exception stood out: 31 critical minerals, including rare earth elements, were strategically exempted from tariffs. This was not a gesture of goodwill. It was a tacit acknowledgment of the United States’ deep dependence on…

A team from The University of Queensland has claimed a world record for a type of perovskite solar cell, demonstrating results of 16.65 per cent efficiency converting sunlight to electricity. According to a statement from UQ, the team led by Professor Lianzhou Wang (pictured in middle) developed a “tin halide perovskite” (THP) solar cell performing…

Construction has begun on the Central Coast Food Manufacturing Innovation Hub, a $17.14 million project funded by the federal government and delivered by not-for-profit organisation Central Coast Industry Connect (CCIC) in partnership with the Central Coast Council, University of Newcastle and Regional Development Central Coast. In a statement on Thursday, CCIC said the project will position…

Industry leaders to participate in 20th Vinnies Sleepout Brian Mathieson (Briter Door Solutions), Craig Wellman (Wellman Packaging) and Kylie Roberts-Frost (Australian Bedding Stewardship Council) are among the leaders from the manufacturing industry taking part in this year’s Vinnies CEO Sleepout. The Sleepout raises funds and awareness in support of the St Vincent de Paul Society’s…

A team of Queensland researchers has begun an ambitious race to develop a vaccine for a rare but potentially fatal virus in just 150 days, according to a statement released by the University of Queensland on Wednesday. UQ’s Vaccine Rapid Response Team is testing its capabilities by creating a vaccine for the Bolivian Chapare virus,…