Archived News for Engineering Professionals

Some of the officials behind the massive sustainability push in China will soon address an Australian audience.

Accounts settled, the City of Adelaide heads home

The Australian Government has paid the rest of the account in order to bring the hull of the historic vessel City of Adelaide back to its home shores.

Supple circuits to power flexible future

Researchers at RMIT have made progress on a remarkable new material that is bendy, transparent, durable and shockingly – can conduct electricity.

Trees strike gold in WA mining bloom

Even the trees are grabbing their slice of Western Australia’s underground resources, with CSIRO showing nature may have levied its own minerals tax.

Augmenting reality for a clear view ahead

An augmented reality system is in the works which allows a driver to make other cars on the road seem invisible.

Expo shows new wave, young minds

Some of the projects displayed at the University of Melbourne’s Endeavour Design Expo could soon change the face of robotics, medicine, or many other industries.

Millions given in on-going Indigenous pledge

The Australian Indigenous Education Fund (AIEF) will receive a $10 million donation from mining giant BHP Billiton, which has given millions before and intends to continue doing so.

Ministers could turn up trumps for trucks

Anthony Albanese has been named as the new Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and has pledged to take the Government to task on how it will achieve the roads and infrastructure solutions it has promised.

Multi-billion dollar bid to boost movements in SA

The South Australian Government has announced a whopping $36 billion project to upgrade roads, rail, port and public transport.

Nanotubes straighten-out with electric comb

Researchers in the UK have taken a significant step toward the ability to produce carbon nanotubes en masse.

Queensland plans ports for the future

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman plans for his state to be the export point for hundreds of millions of tonnes of resources per year, by way of developments at five of its existing ports.

Serpentine path to design savings

Plasma can be used to control the flow of fluids, and with recent advances it may now be employed to reduce drag and improve aerodynamic efficiencies for vehicles of all kinds.

Apple's new plans get permission to land

Global technology giant Apple Inc has gained clearance to start work on its new mothership – a shimmering disc-shaped building to house the company’s design, research and development sections.

Successful studs secure sunlight for power gains

A new manufacturing technique has led to an increase in the energy-gathering abilities of solar panels.

Turnbull looks to de-cloak Huawei concerns

The Communications Minister has signalled he may relax the ban which has kept Chinese telecom Huawei from bringing its low-cost business style to the NBN.

Innovation straight from the horse's hoof

Australian scientists are helping horse-racing canter into a new age, with stylish footwear to boot.

Grasping touch for replacement limbs

If humans are ever to wield robotic limbs, we will need to know what they are feeling. New research has taken the first steps toward that ability.

Unblocking our own path to recycled future

Australians will have to put aside their understandable scepticism and embrace the benefits of recycled water, a recent report has told.

Delivery drones to rain knowledge from the sky

An Australian Company is looking to fill the skies with drones, but not the nasty kind - the kind that delivers knowledge-bombs in the form of textbooks.