Refraction Media celebrates 10 years of busting STEM stereotypes

Refraction Media co-founders reflect on 10 years of publishing high school resource, Careers with STEM.

Electronic sensor the size of a single molecule a potential game-changer

Australian researchers have developed a molecular-sized, more efficient version of a widely used electronic sensor.

Opinion: We must future-proof Australia’s high-performance-computing framework

Stuart Strickland, COO of WA based DUG Technology identifies issues within Australia’s High Performance Computing framework.

Sanofi partnership brings global research development to Gold Coast

New Griffith University site for the Translational Science Hub brings global vaccine R&D to the Gold Coast.

Monash team breaks record for human powered bicycle

Monash team reaches speeds of 116kmh to officially become Australia’s fastest human powered bicycle.

CSIRO invests $500K to help Indigenous students pursue futures in STEM

The CSIRO Indigenous STEM Scholarship will now be awarded in perpetuity following a further $500,000 gift.

Project aims to produce cheap, highly efficient, environmentally friendly solar cells

Researchers from QUT have partnered with solar cell manufacturers in a project that aims to commercialise ultra-low cost, flexible perovskite solar cells.

Minister opens new high-tech robotics manufacturing facility Sydney

Australian AI-based robotics and navigation firm Advanced Navigation has opened a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems at UTS Tech Lab in Sydney.

Latest issue of Australian University Science out now!

Impact: What lies beneath? Australian University Science highlights the interplay between university research and industry.

Nurturing the spirit of human discovery

Cradles of innovation, Australian universities nurture the soul of science, driving tomorrow’s breakthroughs.

4 ways Australian university science is driving discovery

It takes the whole faculty to foster exceptional science. Here are four ways Australian University Science is paving the way to exceptional innovation.

Behind the breakthroughs – the realm of quantum

Australia’s universities have built the nation’s quantum expertise and abilities for decades, making a multibillion-dollar industry possible.

Australia’s leading engineers and technologists call for net zero by 2035

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today called on the Federal Government to commit to an ambitious target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035.

Project aims to produce cheap, highly efficient, environmentally friendly solar cells

Researchers from QUT have partnered with solar cell manufacturers in a project that aims to commercialise ultra-low cost, flexible perovskite solar cells.

The knowledge custodians: University science supports a living ecosystem of knowledge.

University science is underpinned by hundreds of years of discovery, shared knowledge, and an atmosphere of learning.

Bringing science’s workforce forward

Professor Brian Schmidt explores how science changes the world through the efforts of the exceptional people behind it.

STEM Diversity Review recommendations welcomed by peak body

Science & Technology Australia welcomes diversity in STEM draft recommendations and backs draft proposals to create a Diversity in STEM Council

Generation STEM Links: Internships to meet business needs

TDMN, a technology startup, has teamed with CSIRO’s Generation STEM Links to offer students a hands-on internship.

Cybernetics: study this new type of engineering bringing together people and tech      

Cybernetics is a type of engineering study exploring big dynamic systems, like the internet, the environment, governments, cultures and even our own bodies. It is also about building new systems that bring together people, technology and the environment.

ARC research hub to pave the way towards zero-emission power generation technologies

QUT has received $5 million from the Australian Research Council to fund the ARC Research Hub in Zero-emission Power Generation for Carbon Neutrality.

Aussie start-up microFleet lands $500K iMOVE CRC backing to take on global $300bn e-micromobility market

iMOVE CRC funds $1M for SAGE’s ‘See Me’ app for vision impaired and microFleet’s OneDock LEV charging station to crack global markets

Conference maps AI revolution set to overhaul every industry

Artificial intelligence-powered tutors for every child, state-of-the-art medical developments and the death of the call centre are among some of the ways AI will revolutionise every industry sector, a conference has been told.

Proton battery promises cheap energy storage that’s kinder to nature

Engineers in Melbourne are vying for pole position in the global race to make a cheap rechargeable battery for storing solar energy that does not rely on scarce natural resources.

Research to merge human brain cells with AI secures national defence funding

Monash University-led research into growing human brain cells onto silicon chips, with new continual learning capabilities to transform machine learning, has been awarded almost $600,000 AUD in the prestigious National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants Program.