Archived News for Engineering Professionals
India’s former environment minister has warned that authorities are ignoring Adani’s environmental record.
Light rail could have heavy cost
Reports say Newcastle’s new light rail will cost $220 million per kilometre to build and operate.
MCA chief stepping down
Brendan Pearson will step down as Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) CEO after almost a decade with the lobby.
Origin lets Lattice go
Origin Energy has agreed to sell its oil and gas business, Lattice Energy, to Beach Energy for $1.585 billion.
Sensor breakthrough published
Australian researchers have led a program to design a fibre-optic gas sensor with unprecedented sensitivity.
Study details powerful evaporation
Engineers are working on ways to harvest energy from evaporating water.
Ships and subs bring international eyes
Big firms are circling as the Government gets ready to drop billions on boats.
Scientists plan path to stars
Australian scientists have laid out their vision for the new national space agency.
Sea exloration linked to scallop damage
Marine research says noise from oil and gas exploration could be harming scallops.
New link for green steelmaking
A steel baron and climate change expert have teamed up to make Australian factories greener.
Photons slowed for future CPUs
Australian researchers have stored photonic information as an acoustic wave on a microchip.
Printable metal range expanded
A new technique opens up 3D printing to thousands of metal alloys - even those that can't be welded.
Australia plump with pumped sites
A new ANU study says there are more than enough potential pumped hydro sites to power the nation.
Flood risk for inland rail
The Melbourne-to-Brisbane inland rail line could be built across a floodplain which, unsurprisingly, is prone to flooding.