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Robots can learn to handle e-waste – researchers claim
The dismantling of most end-of-life products is labour intensive and costly. Many attempts of automating the disassembly process have been unsuccessful. However, researchers from...
Manufacturing research takes hardest hit in latest CSIRO job axing
A total of 75 jobs will be cut at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) – Australia’s leading research agency.
Future manufacturing research...
Airbus en route to revolutionise commercial air transport with fuel cells research
Airbus, the world’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer, has announced that it has inked a partnership with South Africa’s National Aerospace Centre (NAC) to jointly fund...
Monash University researchers develop revolutionary graphene light detector
A team of researchers from Monash University, the University of Maryland in the US, and the US Naval Research Laboratory have developed a light detector...
New ARC Research Hub to boost Australia’s steel industry
The ARC Research Hub for Australian Steel Manufacturing, which was officially launched last week at Parliament House by Minister for Industry, the Hon Ian Macfarlane...
New labs at University of Melbourne to tackle climate change
A range of new facilities aimed at boosting the research and development efforts of Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be built, maintained...
Australian researchers crack code for manufacturing hydrogen as fuel
A team of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) has managed to successfully replicate a key step in the process of photosynthesis, which might lead...
3D printed objects can now move
Interconnected moving parts 3D printed in one piece have now become reality, thanks to the research teams from Disney Research Zurich, ETH Zurich and...
MIT engineers create material that defies gravity
A team of engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) invented a new elastic material coated with thousands of microscopic, hairlike bristles that...
Australian scientists 3D print body parts for teaching anatomy
Australian scientists from Monash University have 3D printed realistic body parts to allow doctors in training to learn about the human body and anatomy...
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Embracing the future: Australian manufacturing trends in 2025
As the calendar turns to 2025, the Australian manufacturing sector stands at the cusp of transformation.
