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Quickstep announces manufacturing partnership with Swoop Aero

Advanced composites manufacturer Quickstep Holdings has announced a new manufacturing partnership with Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero. Under the strategic supply agreement (SAA), Quickstep...

IMCRC-catalysed investment in Australian advanced manufacturing research tops $200m

Media Release Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (IMCRC) has successfully catalysed more than $200 million investment in collaborative research and development (R&D) projects across Australia,...

Researchers spin nanofibres to address challenges in the Northern Territory

Researchers at Charles Darwin University (CDU) are pioneering the creation of nanofibres – ultra-thin fibres that measure 10 to 100 times thinner than spider silk – using a cutting-edge fabrication facility at the Casuarina Campus. 

Aussie researchers develop new critical material for safer batteries

Researchers from Deakin University and the University of Queensland have developed a new non-flammable electrolyte material for use in sodium batteries. Traditional lithium and sodium batteries...

Industry 4.0: Navigating Disruptive Technologies in Manufacturing

Advanced technologies and services can have a transformative effect in cost, product quality and productivity, substantially increasing the bottom line for manufacturing companies.

New solar efficiency record set by UNSW’s kesterite research

Engineers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have reportedly achieved a world record for the efficiency of kesterite solar cells, a material considered key to future photovoltaic technologies.

Aerospace partnership offers sky high opportunities

The Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub (AIR Hub) at Swinburne University of Technology is partnering with the National Institute for Aerospace Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University

Researchers develop ultrathin nanotech to combat antibiotic resistance

RMIT University researchers have invented a nano-thin superbug-killing substance that could be used in wound dressings and implants to prevent or repair bacterial infections.

Manufacturing at the core of new Australia-India research partnership

Swinburne University of Technology and the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) have launched the Swinburne-IITH Manufacturing, Materials, Energy and Communication Technologies (SIMMECT) Joint Research Institute to drive research and collaboration on key technological advancements.

University of Sydney researchers develop method to reduce ‘noisy’ light in tiny lasers

Researchers at the University of Sydney have demonstrated a new way to suppress noise in microchip-scale Brillouin lasers by introducing nanoscale “speed bumps” inside the devices’ optical cavity. 
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