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Challenging questions as the 'Asian Century' begins 3/28/2012

Asia's boom economies, led by China and India, must overcome a series of complex challenges to guarantee the region's long-term prosperity, according to Asian Development Bank ...

Greener factories for the future 3/1/2012

You’re at work and there is a power blackout. So your company’s electrical grid taps into your car batteries. Along with roof-top solar panels and the energy stored in hundreds of ...

Rats map out the future of GPS technology 2/21/2012

Ditching satellites and complex, powerful computers and opting for camera technology inspired by small mammals may be the future of navigation systems.

Future advanced steels for the automotive industry 2/17/2012

Motorists of the future can look forward to safer vehicles which leave a smaller carbon footprint thanks to pioneering research being carried out in UOW’s Faculty of Engineering.

Vehicle fuel efficiency - where have all the savings gone? 1/26/2012

Carmakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist from the US explains ...

Fatigued fathers pose a risk in the workplace 1/26/2012

Working fathers with new babies experience cumulative fatigue which may pose a risk in the workplace, according to new research from Southern Cross University.

Research drives solutions to improve unsealed roads 1/11/2012

A Kansas State University graduate student sees the unpaved road ahead, and it's filled with biomaterial.

QUT research to help safer emergency aircraft landings 1/8/2012

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) aviation researchers are developing an information system to help Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make safer emergency landings and better ...

Farms could yield jet fuel of the future 1/3/2012

Ever since the Wright brothers, the aviation industry has been looking for ways to fly further faster. Now with the help of the US Department of Energy (DOE), Virent, and DOE's ...

BMW and Toyota in long-term research collaboration 12/2/2011

BMW Group (BMW) and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly ...

NZ at forefront of global electric vehicle technology 11/20/2011

In by far the most significant technology transfer deal ever achieved by a New Zealand university, car travel worldwide is set to be transformed by revolutionary technology developed ...

Tiny cell technology helps boost fuel economy 11/13/2011

Ford in the United States has won a Society of Plastic Engineers award for the "Most Innovative Use of Plastics" for its MuCell instrument panel innovation on the new Ford Escape.

Research could take mobile phone users off the road 10/25/2011

To increase safety on the road, wireless researchers are looking for technologies that can passively influence the behaviour of drivers who put themselves and others at risk through ...

Engineers make hydrophobic interaction discovery 10/12/2011

A new equation developed by University of California – Santa Barbara (UCSB) chemical engineers solves the mystery of forces between water-repelling and water-attracting molecules ...

CEOs told to bet big on coming mega-trends 10/12/2011

CEOs have been told to look beyond to the current gloomy economic news, and take intelligently aggressive steps to capitalise on the mega-trends transforming business.

US manufacturing tipped to bounce back: research 10/12/2011

After years of decline, US manufacturing is set to rebound in the next five years, as China gradually loses its competitive advantage.

Tyre recycling breakthrough nears commercial launch 10/9/2011

A new recycling process could be the answer to alleviating the environmental burden of old tyres.

The psychology of industrial disputes 9/26/2011

New research has added more gloom to the threat of strikes by showing how the emotional strain of protracted negotiations can lock rivals on a path to mutual destruction.

Carbon and tax are two different issues: ACCI 9/12/2011

While the words "Carbon" and "Tax" seem inextricably linked in political debate they are separate issues and should be viewed as such, a group of Melbourne’s leading industry CEOs ...

Early days for Australian synthetic fuels 8/29/2011

Synthetic fuels made from gas could be made for about half the current price of a barrel of oil - but it's early days yet for the new technology in Australia.

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