CSIRO has worked with Dell Technologies to build a high-performance computer (HPC) system which will speed up scientific discoveries and help grow Australia’s industry and economy. Named Virga, the HPC system is built on Dell PowerEdge XE9640 servers and is the first deployment of its kind in Australia, designed to optimise artificial intelligence (AI) workflows…
CSIRO is accepting applications for a new round of its free, ten-week Innovate to Grow program for SMEs, this time focussing on digital technologies and artificial intelligence. According to a statement from the national science agency on Monday, the program will connect businesses working on solutions in digital technologies and AI with knowledge, resources, and…
By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced seven sites for reactors, unveiling his long-awaited and highly-controversial policy for nuclear power with the claim it could start operating from the 2030s. The locations are the sites of former or current coal plants. They have the technical attributes needed for a nuclear…
By Bruce Mountain, Victoria University CSIRO’s latest annual GenCost update, released last month, was billed as Australia’s “most comprehensive electricity generation cost report”. GenCost has proven to be highly controversial. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton previously levelled robust criticism at the report, specifically the high costs attributed to building nuclear power in Australia, and called for…
Ten SME innovators that have been through CSIRO’s On Accelerate mentoring programme have been celebrates at a showcase in Melbourne. ON Accelerate breaks down the challenges that often prevent deep tech ideas and research from getting to market. The showcase highlighted 10 deep tech teams in CSIRO’s Accelerate 8 cohort for progress in areas including…
Latrobe Magnesium has received firm commitments to raise $12.0 million from new and existing institutional and professional investors via an institutional placement and has announced plans for an entitlement offer to shareholders to raise another $6 million. The company, which recently produced what it called the world’s first environmentally sustainable magnesium oxide (MgO) from fly…
CSIRO has partnered with the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) to offer the latest round of the free Innovate to Grow program, this time around offering the online program to SMEs developing clean energy solutions. In a statement on Monday, CSIRO said the ten-week program will offer assistance from “expert facilitators, experienced researchers…
What were the five biggest stories of the week? Here’s what visitors to @AuManufacturing were reading. 5) New battery strategy to drive battery manufacturing The federal government has released Australia’s first National Battery Strategy, supporting a Future Made in Australia as global demand for batteries is set to quadruple by 2030. According to a joint…
The CSIRO has released the 2023-24 version of its annual GenCost report, which has been running since 2018 and provides analysis on the cost of building out energy generation and storage, backing renewables as the cheapest category of new energy. According to a statement from the scientific agency on Wednesday, GenCost incorporates changes based on…
Professor Bronwyn Fox, a materials scientist and engineer and the current Chief Scientist at CSIRO, will begin as UNSW’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise in mid-July. According to a statement from the university on Monday, the hire follows an “extensive global search” and will see Fox responsible for driving the “strategic direction in research, innovation…
