Three Australian made satellites were launched on SpaceX’s Transporter-11 Mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3.30 ACST this morning. The launch on a Falcon rocket is a milestone for the Australian space sector with satellites Kanyini, Waratah Seed, and Cuava-2 now ready to be deployed into orbit Kanyini is the first State…
A Queensland University of Technology-led team has been awarded a grant worth $US 3.98 million (about $5.97 million) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a process for converting crop waste into higher-quality feed for livestock. In a statement from the university on Monday, Associate Professor Mark Harrison from the Centre for Agriculture…
Orthocell’s strong sales growth Tissue regeneration technology developer Orthocell has announced sales growth across its product portfolio, with total revenue for FY24 of $6.72 million – up 30.40 percent from FY23. Record revenue of $1.84m was achieved for the June 24 Quarter, up 14.41 percent. With Striate+ currently sold in the US, Europe/UK, Australia and…
As we come towards the end of our editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s Innovation Effort – Professor Cori Stewart Founder and CEO ARM Hub explains the importance of commercialising hubs in turning research into economic outcomes. For the past two decades the capability generated by Australian R&D funding and the capability…
Austal delivers another LCS Shipbuilder Austal has announced that the future USS Kingsville Littoral Combat Ship has been delivered to the United States Navy – the 18th Independence-variant LCS built by Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. Austal Chief Executive Officer Paddy Gregg said Kingsville was the penultimate delivery for the Independence-variant programme. “With the delivery…
A $3.9 million investment between Queensland University of Technology and the Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) Trailblazer program will add the ability to develop precision fermentation-based ingredients at the Mackay Renewable Biocommodities Pilot Plant (MRBPP.) The plant was established over a decade ago at the Mackay Sugar factory, and has focussed since then on biorefining,…
Battery minerals company Lava Blue is to expand its Predictive Research into Speciality Materials (PRiSM) centre which it is developing along with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). The centre is developing a process for production of high purity alumina (HPA) from sapphire bearing kaolin clay deposits in North West Queensland. HPA is the essential…
The next stop on our Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers quest is at another exciting young recycling enterprise with a world-first method addressing an enduring issue. Brent Balinski speaks to BlockTexx co-founder Graham Ross. Sometimes a lack of local ambition – as well as lack of larger-sized companies – gets cited as an obstacle to…
A new strategy to support the continued growth of the quantum technology industry has been launched by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk during her CEDA State of the State address. The strategy leverages Queensland’s research and fabrication capabilities across quantum and other related technologies such as semiconductors, superconductors, photonics, and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), for industry sectors…
New tests by technology development company Sparc Technologies has shown continuing improvement in key parameters of performance for the sodium ion battery the company is developing with the Queensland University of Technology. The Adelaide company said today it would accelerate R&D efforts and had launched a techno-economic analysis of the batteries following battery testing and…
