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How to sustain productivity with fewer staff  1/29/2013
How to sustain productivity with fewer staff
Unemployment rates in Australia have significantly hiked from 5.2 per cent last year to the current level of 5.4 per cent. Job advertisements have slumped to their lowest level in ...
A cooler planet by design  1/18/2013
A cooler planet by design
From hot property to unwanted waste: it's time to rethink the way we design, produce and reuse new products.
Industries to fly and fall in 2013  1/10/2013
Industries to fly and fall in 2013
As Australian companies prepare for the New Year ahead, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the five industries expected to soar and the five expected to sink in 2013. ...
Australian nanotechnology 'revolutionary'  1/9/2013
Australian nanotechnology 'revolutionary'
Some Australian researchers have made a new material which could revolutionise the electronics market with thinner, faster and lighter gadgets.
Cork the key to unlocking the potential of graphene  12/5/2012
Cork the key to unlocking the potential of graphene
Scientists have taken inspiration from one of the oldest natural materials to exploit the extraordinary qualities of graphene, a material set to revolutionise fields from computers ...
Cars that change colour at the push of a button  11/29/2012
Cars that change colour at the push of a button
Cars that change colour at the push of a button; metals that strengthen with use; buildings that harness energy from the wind — such ideas are shifting from the realm of fantasy to ...
Small muscles to have big impact on smart clothing  11/21/2012
Small muscles to have big impact on smart clothing
Australian scientists are among a team to develop a new artificial muscle with exciting possibilities for use in self-powered intelligent textiles that could automatically react to ...
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'  11/21/2012
James Hardie litigation comes at 'staggering cost'
A corporate governance expert says the final ruling in the James Hardie Industries litigation does provide some broad justice and clarification of directors' duties, but the length ...
Research leads to smarter sewage management  11/7/2012
Research leads to smarter sewage management
Scientists from UQ's Advanced Water Management Centre have found a way to curb the cost – and smell – of sewage transportation.
Clay brings hypersonic craft a step closer to reality  10/16/2012
Clay brings hypersonic craft a step closer to reality
Hypersonic aircraft that could fly from Sydney to Madrid in less than two hours could be closer to reality following Australian scientific work with clay.
Porous material has potential to reduce fossil fuel emissions  9/27/2012
Porous material has potential to reduce fossil fuel emissions
A low-cost new material that could lead to innovative technologies to tackle global warming has been discovered by scientists at The University of Nottingham.
Think before imposing carbon tax, experts warn  9/27/2012
Think before imposing carbon tax, experts warn
Calls for carbon taxes to tackle global warming often dodge the complexity of this issue, with the risk hasty action could damage the world economy and fuel the greenhouse-gas problem, ...
Use carbon tax to clean up coal pollution, researchers urge  9/16/2012
Use carbon tax to clean up coal pollution, researchers urge
Two of Australian's leading clean-up scientists have urged governments and policymakers to earmark a portion of the carbon tax to cleaning up the mess that may be left by the nation's ...
Ship engine exhaust emissions may threaten environment: researcher  9/10/2012
Ship engine exhaust emissions may threaten environment: researcher
Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently-published study by CSIRO and the ...
Could Chinese investment really hurt Australia?  8/26/2012
Could Chinese investment really hurt Australia?
While debate about Chinese investment in Australia is on the boil, we still don't know what will be cooked up.
Researchers clear the way for affordable fog harvesting system  8/13/2012
Researchers clear the way for affordable fog harvesting system
A parched inland village in Peru has an innovative water resource thanks to a simple 'fog harvesting' system installed by two University of Sydney honours students.
US researchers closer to new thermoelectric 'heat engine'  7/19/2012
US researchers closer to new thermoelectric 'heat engine'
Researchers who are studying a new magnetic effect that converts heat to electricity have discovered how to amplify it a thousand times over - a first step in making the technology ...
Storing renewable energy: cheap, green solution a step closer  7/19/2012
Storing renewable energy: cheap, green solution a step closer
Developing rechargeable batteries capable of storing the huge amounts of energy generated by renewable sources, such as wind power, is consuming many hundreds of research hours at ...
How the carbon tax works  6/29/2012
How the carbon tax works
Carbon pricing is essentially about ensuring the economy can grow without emissions growing at the same time.
Counterfeit risk rises as semiconductor market expands  6/14/2012
Counterfeit risk rises as semiconductor market expands
Key component shortages force purchasers to move outside of trusted supply chains and into the hands of fake component makers.
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