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How to sustain productivity with fewer staff 1/29/2013

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 ...

Aircraft makers set to benefit from increased passenger numbers 1/29/2013

With soaring passenger numbers being fuelled by a rising Asia, the two global giants in aircraft manufacturing — Boeing and Airbus — have made significant developments shaping the ...

Bottle light design to improve road safety 1/24/2013

An invention by a University of South Australia lecturer is set to make cycling safer for all recreational riders.

Dutch offer lessons in product innovation 1/24/2013

Erik Jan Hultink from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, recently visited Australia to discuss key results from the 2012 Dutch Product Development Management Association's ...

Liquid metal marbles: new platform for nanomaterials 1/18/2013

Researchers at RMIT University have created "liquid metal marbles" — droplets of liquid metal coated in nanoparticles — in a world-first breakthrough.

A cooler planet by design 1/18/2013

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

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

Some Australian researchers have made a new material which could revolutionise the electronics market with thinner, faster and lighter gadgets.

'Green steel' inventor wins innovation award 12/20/2012

Professor Veena Sahajwalla has won the $30,000 top prize in the Innovation Challenge awards run by The Australian.

Price 'collar' could break climate deadlock 12/11/2012

The world needs to move away from only setting national carbon emission targets, an expert from the Australian National University (ANU) has claimed.

CEO pay packets not as fat as all that 12/5/2012

RMIT University researchers have conducted the most comprehensive study to date into the remuneration of Australia's CEOs, through a survey commissioned by the CEO Institute.

Shift workers' health comes under scrutiny 12/5/2012

An international team of sleep researchers has developed the world’s first screening tool to help reduce workplace accidents and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and ...

Cork the key to unlocking the potential of graphene 12/5/2012

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 ...

Innovation and change key to unlocking Asian century 11/29/2012

Innovation and change will be the hallmarks of the Australian companies that succeed in the Asian century, the In the Zone conference at The University of Western Australia was told ...

Workaholics can't compensate for unhappy home life 11/29/2012

People who try to deal with an unhappy home life by investing more time and effort at work are deluding themselves, according to a new study recently published by the British Journal ...

Stopping mineral processing from turning to jelly 11/29/2012

Cooking minerals in huge mixing tanks can turn them to jelly, and a researcher from the University of South Australia has found out why.

Cars that change colour at the push of a button 11/29/2012

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

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 ...

Research leads to smarter sewage management 11/7/2012

Scientists from UQ's Advanced Water Management Centre have found a way to curb the cost – and smell – of sewage transportation.

Journalists, pollies and unions top list of least trustworthy 11/7/2012

The media, trade unions and political parties top the list of institutions the public perceives to be the most corrupt and in which they have the least confidence, while 43 per cent ...

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