Archived News for Engineering Professionals
A university spinoff company is seeking to commercialise superconducting wires.
AEMO plots powerful paths
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has mapped out potential paths from the future of electricity in Australia.
AGIG creates hydrogen goal
Australia’s biggest natural gas distributor wants new housing subdivisions to be powered by green hydrogen by 2025.
CEFC backs Gippsland plan
Authorities say a new project in Victoria shows energy and agriculture can co-exist.
Experts urge RNA revolution
Australia could become a world leader in RNA biotech, with the right planning.
Inventive AI accepted
Australia's Federal Court has opened the door to artificial intelligence being recognised as an inventor.
Millions back EV network
The Future Fuels Fund has been topped up to provide EV charging nationally.
Approvals risk green efforts
Experts say coal mine approvals in NSW will negate the state’s emissions-reduction measures.
Citizens study Google influence
A new citizen science project will examine just how much influence search engines have over individuals.
Detailed star-sweep coming
NASA has backed one of the most precise tools ever built for detecting new planets outside our solar system.
Food waste mined for molecules
Local experts are working on a new method to extract health-promoting molecules from agricultural and food waste for new products.
AI set on protein view
An AI system has been trained to identify the billions of proteins that make up the human body.
Toplace enters defect agreement
Sydney developer Toplace has accepted liability for any structural defects in its new Skyview towers complex for 20 years.
ARENA aims at hard abatements
New government funding may help find emissions reductions in some particularly difficult areas.
Green board changes backed
A former Rio Tinto executive has joined the board of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Space radar tests continue
Australian engineers are working on high-tech probes for human settlement in space.
Cuts and climate change hit Amazon hard
Some parts of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon than storing it.
Greenhouse rise continues
More greenhouse gases were produced in 2018 than any previous year, despite efforts to reduce carbon emissions...