Archived News for Engineering Professionals

The young stars of tomorrow’s engineering world will face-off against each other in August.

Designer decried after engineering on shaky ground

Reports say an engineer in New Zealand has been working for years, even after he was implicated in a major stadium collapse.

Eggplant could add to energy tech salad

The future could be defined by the rise of nanobots, hyperconductors, quantum networks and... eggplant?

Organic gas traps could pull new industry from thin air

Tiny organic cages could be used to extract rare, valuable and sometimes deadly gases from the air.

Ronaldo meets R2D2 in robot world cup

Next week marks the start of the football World Cup many have been waiting for.

Resource rehab will run to billions

A conference this week discussed what can be done with Australia’s 50,000 disused mine sites.

Astronomical options at launch of new space site

Australian space scientists will build a domestic satellite industry at the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC), now that it is complete.

Locals in fight to fix world's water worries

The first ever WorldSkills Water Innovation Challenge has mixed technophile and tradie to produce sanitation solutions for the world’s poorest regions.

New motors fire low-speed high-energy future

Australian engineers say greater efficiency will flow from improved electric motors.

Oil splitter springs new treatment option

A simple yet powerful Australian water treatment technology will be brought to the global market.

Bad choice of boots and cyber-fears for Army's future

Questions are being asked over the Defence Department’s decision to reject an Australian bid to supply $15 million worth of safety boots, after the contract was given to a company to make the boots in Indonesia.

Drone laws called for in push for privacy

Some MPs say remotely piloted aircraft put public safety and privacy at risk, and there should be new laws to protect them.

Green lights reach new level for air safety

An Australian invention will save lives in the air, reducing a major cause of fatal plane crashes.

Nanotube mat is blacker than black

Black has become blacker, with the development of a material that reflects almost no light whatsoever.

Soft science for squishy robots

A new phase-changing material could soften up the world for the age of shape-shifting robots.

Tassie's new group to get west working

The Tasmanian Government has put together a task force to help with rampant job losses in the state’s west coast mines.

Potential builds for energetic new face

Some high-tech building projects could be a sign of the future of intelligent structural design.

Clear divide could be new brick in social wall

‘A wall to bring people together’ sound likes a strange concept, but that is exactly what the developers of a new interactive display surface hope to achieve.

Magnets talk to bring quantum days closer

Australian researchers are working on one step of the process that could see quantum information teleporting around the world instantaneously.

Embracing crystal chaos could lend better view

Researchers and engineers love crystals, the majestic paragons of order and strength, but some scientists say the world should get more comfortable with the disorder and chaos of the ‘anticrystal’.