Archived News for Engineering Professionals
Researchers have developed a flexible material that generates electricity when stressed ...
Report plots path to clean power
New research suggests global electricity industry C02 emissions could be brought to zero by 2050.
Study seeks quark collision
Researchers are looking decades down the line for later-than-next-generation power sources.
Wind farm gets battery backing
A major Australian windfarm is adding non-subsidised battery storage.
BHP moving away from MCA
The world’s biggest mining company has told conservationists it is not fully on board with the industry’s major lobby.
ACCC inquiring into NBN issues
An ever-growing pile of complaints has led the ACCC to announce a public inquiry into the standard of the NBN’s wholesale service.
ACT construction tops danger stats
Safe Work Australia says the ACT has recorded the highest rate of serious construction injuries in the country.
Glencore secrets revealed
Glencore, the global mining behemoth, has been shown to have loaned millions of dollars to back shady mining deals ...
Adani loan faces veto
Queensland’s premier says her government will not support a NAIF loan for Adani.
New firm seeks quantum future
A new spin-off company from the University of Sydney is seeking new ways to stabilise quantum technologies.
Nuclear re-think recommended
A nuclear power advocate says Australia needs to get over its fear of the energy source.
Physicists find exciting void
Particle physicists have unlocked an intriguing ancient Egyptian secret.
Big money for green SA
Billionaire Sanjeev Gupta is buying even further into South Australia’s industrial sector.
Blockchains prepped for quantum assault
Researchers are working on ways to protect one new technology from another technology that barely exists.
Diamonds pushed to super state
Australian researchers have made a single tiny diamond shine with ‘superradiance’ at room temperature.
Big money for school fix
The SA Government has put up $690 million to replace old buildings and classrooms at 90 schools across the state.
Gene-editing gets higher definition
US scientists have devised a new method of gene editing that can find and replace single letters of DNA.
New laws increase accountability
Queensland has created new industrial manslaughter laws following last year’s deaths at Dreamworld.