$1m impact fund to bring new transport sector tech innovations to market

iMOVE CRC launches $1m impact fund for Australian companies to bring new transport sector tech innovations to market

Strengthening the future of the nuclear workforce

Webinar: Strengthening the future nuclear workforce with diverse skills and knowledge. 21 June 2023.

The innovation pipeline. The value chain of Australian universities. Australian University Science – Issue 9.

The latest issue of Australian University Science asserts that the university-science research value chain is complex, iterative, and has value at all stages.

The value of university science

Dr Katherine Woodthorpe asserts that university research is never just basic, or just commercialisable: it’s a complex value chain that drives innovation.

Universities: incubators of invention

For innovation, overnight success is often decades in the making: a keystone of which almost always comes from basic science at universities.

It is rocket science! University science must be supported at all levels

Researchers work across every part of the spectrum, from seeking fundamental knowledge to developing participatory outcomes that include benefits to end users, influence on policy, commercial partnerships and outcomes.

Four areas where fundamental research brings benefits to society and the economy.

Fundamental university science research has drawn inspiration from the Great Barrier Reef’s carbon storage capacity, the plant world’s ultra-efficient storage and transport structure, the reinvention solid state physics to develop new materials for electronic efficiency and advanced agricultural to nourish future outposts in space.

Networking the Monash research and innovation ecosystem

New innovation precinct to position city as an international destination of global research and enterprise.

Webinar: Exploring the impact of decommissioning oil and gas infrastructure

Join this discussion exploring the environmental impacts of decommissioning oil and gas structures in an environmentally responsible manner at minimal cost.

A science future fund to supercharge economic growth: Budget 2023

STA proposes a new future fund to boost Australia’s research and development investment.

The ‘flip-flop’ qubit: realisation of a new quantum bit in silicon controlled by electric signals

New type of quantum bit combines the exquisite quantum properties of single atoms with easy controllability using electric signals.

Veggie waste offers green solution to single-use packaging

Australia’s mounting packaging stockpile could soon shrink with a little help from greener packaging made from vegetable waste.

Advanced materials supporting green technologies

Webinar: Connect with the businesses and organisations driving advanced manufacturing supporting green technologies.

ANSTO Scholarship

ANSTO’s FutureNow Scholarships closing soon

$200,000 worth of scholarships up for grabs at ANSTO. Applications close Sunday 27 November.

Digital skills gap at all-time high

Seventy five per cent of IT decision-makers report a gap in digital skills, 145% over the previous year.

New Technologies to Feed the World

Webinar: How researchers, government and industry are collaborating to ensure Australia leads the world in food security using cutting-edge technology.

Gateway to Asia opens in the heart of Melbourne

The launch of the new Asia Trade and Innovation Hub is one of the key activities underpinned by a strategic partnership between Asia Society Australia and RMIT.

Deakin University research breakthrough paves new way in next-generation batteries

A new type of solid-state polymer electrolyte shows its potential.

From Australia to Silicon Valley: 6 lessons in the pathway to deep tech venture capital

Building a deep tech innovation ecosystem is challenging — so what might we be able to learn from our neighbours over in Silicon Valley? Luckily the answer is plenty.

ShanShanWang science entrepreneur

Science entrepreneur to speak at deep tech acceleration event

Industrial designer, innovator and science entrepreneur ShanShan Wang is tackling critical health science problems.

ANSTO Live Event: Accelerating deep tech businesses

Join a live panel discussion examining the opportunities and challenges facing deep tech businesses across fields such as health, space, energy, the environment and advanced manufacturing. 

Engineering diamonds to unlock computing potential

Researchers will engineer the diamond computer chip that sits at the heart of diamond quantum computers.

$32m for groundbreaking projects combining industry and research 

Projects to develop an mRNA vaccine for bacterial infections and a device to treat heart failure share in more than $32 million in funding

Four fundamental science success stories

From devices that allow patients to operate computers with their thoughts to revolutionising solar technology, here are fundamental science’s success stories.