Archived News for Engineering Professionals
Sunshine Coast will soon feature a high-tech, automated, underground waste collection system.
Minister clarifying foreign feelings
The Federal Government may change its foreign investment guidelines to appease angry investors.
Nalder prods Barnett on port plan
A leaked letter suggests Western Australia would be hit hard by plans to scale-down the Perth Freight Link.
Quantum course grows longer
Quantum encryption technology is leaving the lab faster than the speed of light.
Android arrested at Russian rally
Russian authorities have arrested a robot at a political rally in Moscow.
BP's Bight spill models surface
Research says an oil spill from a proposed BP project could smash South Australian tourism and aquaculture.
Finnish facility piques local interest
South Australian authorities are interested in a giant underground facility being dug in Finland.
Coal closure damage downplayed
New research suggests Australia could phase out coal production without taking a massive economic hit.
Gas ban lands alongside review
A scientific review and moratorium on hydraulic fracturing begins in the NT today.
Scientists head for powerful threads
Engineers are working on technology that could turn a t-shirt into a power plant.
New star in antibiotic fight
Australian engineers may have big new weapon in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
$8 million will help sort storage
ANU is looking for new ways to store renewable energy that can be integrated into the electricity grid.
Green power leeched from QLD meat
A meatworks facility in Queensland will soon power itself with wastewater from its own processing floor.
Robot surgery reaches eyes
A British man has become the first to have his sight restored by a robot.
Shenhua faces new heritage check
An independent review will look at the risks Shenhua's proposed Watermark mine pose to Aboriginal heritage and sacred sites
Morrow has no worries on NBN
No-one is more optimistic about the cost and timing of the NBN rollout than its chief, Bill Morrow.
ACF's Carmichael claim fails
The Federal Court has dismissed a legal case against the Carmichael coal mine, while the QLD government has voted to back it even further.
Carbon cracks silicon ceiling
For the first time ever, carbon nanotube transistors have outperformed traditional silicon ones.
Inpex approaching operations
The $US37 billion Inpex natural gas project is now in its final construction phase.
Pause in Palmer's legal proceedings
The jury in an environmental case against Clive Palmer's North Queensland nickel refinery has been dismissed.