Research and Technology

CSIRO, RMIT and Queensland University of Technology are currently working on developing a “salt bath” that stabilise lithium metal foils and increase battery life and performance for electric cars - image courtesy of CSIRO.

A salt bath could boost next gen batteries for electric cars

Precision scanning technology, normally used to solve high tech engineering problems, was able to reveal that archaeologists searching a shipwreck had found an extraordinarily rare silver coin - image courtesy of WMG.

Metrology: crimebusting has a new champion

The EHang 184 aircraft will begin testing in Nevada this year. Image courtesy of EHang.

EHang ‘drone taxi’ to be tested in Nevada

Hennik gives UK manufacturers the edge

A photo from The Manufacturer MX Awards (TMMX Awards) 2015 in Birmingham - image courtesy of TM. The biggest manufacturing awards in the uk.

TMMX Awards: inspire, reward & drive growth

An electron microscope image of the surface of the metalens. Image courtesy of the Capasso Lab.

Researchers develop new flat optical ‘metalens’

The Faraday Future FFZERO1 Concept Car was launched at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and was showcased at Beijing International Automobile Exhibition - image courtesy of Faraday Future.

Faraday Future approved to negotiate for Californian manufacturing site

Dr Mark Keevers with one of the spectrum splitting, four-junction mini-modules developed at UNSW to improve solar cell efficiency - image courtesy of UNSW.

Solar cell efficiency reaches new levels, decades ahead of expectations

Suretank has signed a four year deal with Halliburton to supply all of its offshore equipment in Latin America - image courtesy of Suretank

Suretank supports new processes and products with PLM

The XSTAT-30 device. Xstat Image courtesy of RevMedX.

Xstat bullet wound syringe saves first life with sponge injection

Risto Siilasmaa, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft & Stephen Elop announcing the planned Microsoft and Nokia partnership in September 2013 - image courtesy of Microsoft

Microsoft smartphone manufacturing to be streamlined as it cuts more jobs