Archived News for Engineering Professionals - November, 2015
Toro Energy says it will add millions of kilograms of uranium production to its Wiluna project in Western Australia, with plans to expand the site.
Waste dump wakes up radioactive debate
The Federal Government has released its shortlist of six sites that could one day store "low-to-intermediate" nuclear waste.
Locals looking for artificial consciousness
While tech experts around the world seek the next level of artificial intelligence, an Australian team is hunting something harder to define – artificial consciousness.
Deadly Brazil leak will take years to clean
The tailings dam at a BHP joint venture iron ore mine in Brazil has burst, killing several people.
Freight link's fate changed again
Contrary to media reports last week, WA Treasurer Mike Nahan says stage 2 of the $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link project has not been put on the shelf.
Apartments lead building sector steadiness
Australian Industry Group data shows the construction sector has expanded for a third straight month.
Bamboo beams could outstrip steel
A Swiss engineer says he has developed a bamboo composite that has the strength to replace steel reinforcements in construction.
Big names unleash in NBN duel
The former chief executive of the NBN project, Mike Quigley, has released data he says shows NBN Co has perfectly good financial and accounting systems, and cost blowouts are Malcolm Turnbull’s fault.
Bold biofuture plan gets academic stamp
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has released a consultation paper on a ‘biofutures’ industry in Queensland.
Classic computer creativity probed
Exploring the bounds of Commodore 64 personal computers back in the nineteen-eighties created some of Australia’s most successful game designers, and researchers now want to turn their academic lens to the phenomenon.
Tech firms race to take the sky
Two of the world’s best-known tech firms are racing to create a system of autonomous airships that will bring the internet to as yet unconnected parts of the world.
Wave power rising off Port Fairy
The first bits of equipment for Victoria’s prototype wave power unit are in place.
Germans seek Sun's powerful secrets
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics will soon switch on a machine dubbed ‘W7-X’ – a mind-bending device that could usher in a new age of nuclear fusion energy.
Emissions money pays for cloudy solutions
Experts say it is hard to tell what happens to billions of dollars in taxpayer funds handed out in the Government's Direct Action climate policy.
Ship crew marks improved view
Adelaide ship-builder ASC has picked itself up from a rough year to post a profit of almost $22 million.
CFMEU cops more fines for attempted action
The CFMEU has been hit with a $48,000 fine for threatening to disrupt work on a Melbourne rail station.
Magnetic sweep spots underground supplies
High-tech geological studies have revealed a network of ancient river systems buried hundreds of metres beneath arid regions in Western Australia.
Seawall saga taken to court
Legal action is being taken after a seawall collapsed last year and flooded an iron mine on Koolan Island.
Wandering DNA with cellular swagger
Researchers have made a robot out of DNA that could one day wander the body hunting for cancer.
Barnett bails on Perth Freight stage 2
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has thrown in the towel on stage two of the controversial Perth Freight Link project.
China's collider to fire high-energy science
China says it will build the world's largest super-collider in 2020, in an effort to understand more about the Higgs boson.