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Plastics spill from Queensland’s Bribie Island could harm wildlife for years, expert warns

CSIRO says 40,000 small discs accidentally discharged from research centre into the ocean are ‘non-toxic’ and ‘highly stable’

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Capability: Digital Health, BioTech and MedTech forum launch

There is nothing like a pandemic to shine a light on vulnerability and complexity that in global health and medical supply chains. Australia has tremendous capability across the biotech, pharmaceutical and medtech sectors, and has enjoyed considerable success as an exporter of products and IP. But the pandemic exposed supply…

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Two AgriTech support programs open

The latest edition of CSIRO’s free SME support program has opened for applications, this time targeting innovation in the agrifood sector, while AgriFutures has opened the latest round of its evokeAG startup program. CSIRO’s Innovate to Grow: Agrifood program offers a free 10-week online program to help SMEs learn about…

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Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests

The figure adds fuel to the growing political dispute over the pace and form of Australia’s energy transition

The Guardian - AU

The Canberra 4yo who's smarter than 99% of the world

Does Canberra have what it takes to nurture 'a beautiful mind'?

The Canberra Times

Gig Guide: Intelligence watchdog gets first full-time boss

The federal government has appointed Australian National University Associate Professor Jake Blight as its first full-time Independent National Security Legislation Monitor. Associate Professor Blight will be the fifth person to fill the role established by the former Labor government in 2010 when he begins his three-year appointment on November 23.…

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Adelaide Uni, Fortescue hydrogen venture starts testing prototype

Sparc Hydrogen’s photocatalytic water splitting reactor has entered the prototype testing phase after more than five years of research and development by researchers at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. Adelaide-based Sparc is prototype testing its photocatalytic reactor technology to split water into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen molecules…

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Astronomers have discovered a rare 'polar ring galaxy' wrapped in a huge ribbon of hydrogen

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, from giant, slowly rotating ovals and fast-whirling spiral disks to faint ball-shaped blobs and dwarf irregulars. Most large, bright galaxies – including our own Milky Way – are orbited by a gang of much smaller dwarf galaxies.

The Conversation

Meet the finalists for our Translation Hero Award

With the CSIRO sponsoring the Translation Hero Award in the InnovationAus 2023 Awards for Excellence, the entry pool fittingly attracted competition of the highest calibre in scientific and technological research and development. The finalists in this category are Diraq; Shrimp Multipath; and Femtek ‘Hero’ .Entrepreneurial innovation that leads to commercial…

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Invasive species lead driver of biodiversity loss in Australia – and feral cats have biggest impact, report finds

National response urgently needed to prevent further extinction of native flora and fauna, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

The true damage of invasive alien species was just revealed in a landmark report. Here's how we must act

Invasive alien species are driving biodiversity loss and extinctions in every country, all over the world.

The Conversation

Silentium Defence is an exemplar for dual-use tech development

Silentium Defence is a passive radar deep tech startup spun-out of the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) in 2017, the first tech company to spin-out from Defence in decades. The company has been predominantly bootstrapped. It is based in Adelaide and has grown from two employees – co-founders James…

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To boost Indigenous employment, we need to map job opportunities to skills and qualifications. Our new project does just that

For employers wanting to recruit Indigenous workers, two key factors stand in their way: geography combined with lack of job diversity, and a mismatch between educational qualifications and job opportunities.

The Conversation

Larry Marshall on board at Fortescue to help guide tech

On a day of dramatic senior leadership changes at Fortescue Metals Group, former CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Fortescue Metals also announced the apparently amicable departure of its chief executive officer Fiona Hick, and the expedited appointment of Dino Otranto to…

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InnovationAus Awards for Excellence 2023: Meet the finalists

There would be few times in history where Australian industry faced the intensity of the challenges facing the nation today. But you would hardly know it. Despite the challenges, there is a renewed optimism among local innovators and entrepreneurs about new opportunities for growth. A renewed interest in industrial policy…

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Professor Emma Johnston appointed to CSIRO board

Leading marine scientist and conservationist Professor Emma Johnston has been appointed to the board of national science agency CSIRO. Professor Johnston, who is the deputy vice-chancellor (research) at Sydney University, commenced in the role for a term of four years on Tuesday. With the appointment, only one place on the…

Newcastle Herald

CSIRO project aims to drive energy bills down

New technologies are needed to support flexible energy demand.

InnovationAus

$5m Defence Trailblazer grant for onshore quantum silicon

Silex Systems will establish a $16 million production plant, funded in part by the federal government, to provide companies like Silicon Quantum Computing with a sovereign supply of quantum silicon. Amid an ongoing shortage of enriched silicon, the Australian uranium enrichment technology company on Thursday announced it had been awarded…

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Gig Guide: Inaugural environment data chief named

The inaugural head of Australia's first independent, national environmental data and information office, dubbed the "Australian Bureau of Statistics for nature", is Dr Jane Coram. Dr Coram took up the role this month at Environment Information Australia (EIA), which sits within the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and…

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$19bn sustainable jet fuel opportunity for Australia

A new roadmap by CSIRO and Boeing has been released highlighting opportunities for jet fuel decarbonisation and to establish sustainable aviation fuel capability to meet global demand, expected to grow by 75 per cent by 2050. Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) are chemically similar conventional jet fuel (CIF) but are produced…

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CSIRO maps the nation’s digital workforce clusters

More than half of all tech workers in Australia are situated in one of 96 digital technology clusters scattered across the country, according to a new report from the CSIRO and the Tech Council of Australia. The 96 clusters, located in all eight states and territories, also accounted for 62…

Newcastle Herald

HEPA filters improve indoor air quality in bushfires: CSIRO study

More than one filter is recommended for inside homes.

Inverse

Why The Future Of Disaster Relief Will Rely On Robots

Deploying a motley crew of robots that can roll, walk and fly is a smart strategy for search-and-rescue operations — and so is trusting the machines to make decisions on the ground

InnovationAus

CSIRO, universities get $12m for CleanTech research

The Australian government has awarded $12.4 million to three research institutions to strengthen Australia’s international renewable and clean energy research collaborations. The supported projects at RMIT University, national science agency CSIRO and the University of Melbourne target renewable energy integration into the electricity grid, solar and battery recycling, and energy…

The Conversation

Through the magnifying glass: how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists understand baby corals

New photographic technology has allowed scientists to dive beneath the ocean’s surface and peer into the hidden world of baby corals, to learn how these tiny organisms survive and grow in their crucial first year of life.

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