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Noizend reports progress after one year’s operation Noise reduction company Noizend has developed a relationship with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to develop its Noizend Shields at its Centre for Audio, Acoustics and Vibration. Noizend develops noise-cancelling technologies to reduce the noise pollution at the source from construction facilities, live music venues and factories.…

$51 million for CRC-P industry research collaborations

The federal government has committed $51 million to support collaboration between industry and researchers under Round 15 of the Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P). The 21 grants support industry-led projects with promising commercial potential that solve a wide range of community and economic challenges, from diagnosing life-threatening infections more quickly to innovative environmental recycling processes.…

Uber Eats commits $13 million to sustainable packaging

Food delivery service Uber Eats has announced a multi-year partnership with environmental organisation Planet Ark designed to help Australian restaurants move towards more sustainable packaging. The company, which aims to transition restaurant merchants to reusable, recyclable, or compostable packaging options by 2030, begins with consultation on a framework developed by the University of Technology Sydney’s…

Uniseed expands horizons, seeks new investment managers

University investment group Uniseed is looking for new venture finance managers following its expansion, with five new universities backing its commercialising efforts. Uniseed is now searching for people to fill new roles of Investment Manager (Technology) in Melbourne and an Investment Manager (Biotechnology) in Sydney. Uniseed’s existing partners are the long established universities of Queensland,…

UTS Sydney opens cyber security Vault

A new facility billed as a first-of-its-kind secure collaborative research and innovation facility at the forefront of cybersecurity, data protection and defence technology has opened at he University of Technology Sydney (UTS). NSW Premier Chris Minns officially opened the UTS Vault, a Department of Defence compliant facility which enables collaboration between private sector tenants, academia…