University research

Bechtel National is constructing the world’s largest radioactive nuclear waste treatment plant, the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant - image courtesy of Hanford.

Innovation

World’s largest nuclear waste site to use new safer storage method

Data Factories - Digital lifecycle management integrates individual data from interconnected systems with the multidisciplinary simulation of products and manufacturing processes – image courtesy of WMG.

Digital Transformation

Digital lifecycle management

Flow batteries developed by reserachers at Harvard could revolutionise the storage of renewable energy. Image courtesy of Wikipedia - AleSpa

Innovation

Harvard researchers develop battery that could last a decade

A team of MIT engineers has successfully designed a new 3D graphene material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength - image courtesy of MIT and Youtube.

Innovation

New 3D graphene structure is strongest and lightest material in the world

Batteries Battery Power Stock Image

Innovation

An answer to the world’s battery power prayers?

The reconfigurable carbon composite robotic machine tool built by the AMRC – image courtesy of AMRC.

Robotics & Automation

AMRC reveals potential robotics world first

L to R: Titanium powder obtained from rutile sand, Field Assist Sintered double cone preform, then pancake forging - image courtesy of FastForge.

Innovation

FASTForge to deliver cheaper aerospace titanium

WMG Driverless Cars Autnomous Vehicles

Industrial Data

Driverless cars: look, no hands!

A new technique for producing 3D printed organs could help reduce the use of animal testing in the pharmaceuitical industry - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Digital Transformation

3D printed organs offer alternative to animal testing

Honda tests an autonomous vehicle at GoMentum Station. Image courtesy of Honda.

Industrial Data

Smart road infrastructure to play a key role in self-driving technology

Adelaide scientist, Colin Hall, has been recognised with Prime Minister's science prize for creating shatter-proof plastic side mirrors for cars - image courtesy of the Dept of Industry, Innovation and Science

Ford buys up big on plastic side mirrors for F-Series trucks