Queensland export facility takes out top Australian construction prize for 2019
A new marine export facility was announced as the winner of the 2019 Australian Construction Achievement Award (ACAA) at a...
Facial-recognition software is now being used to find celestial bodies
Identifying millions of radio galaxies can be an insurmountable task, but with the help of a new artificial intelligence (AI)...
Australian high schooler takes out international inventor’s prize
A 13-year-old Adelaide boy has won an international inventors award in Malaysia after designing a WiFi enabled electronic monitoring system...
‘Ghost imaging’ offers a cheaper and safer alternative to medical X-rays
ANU researchers are making real progress on a safer form of X-ray imaging.
Thought control technology is coming out of science fiction and into real life
A world in which an amputee controls their prosthesis with their mind might have once seemed like a far-off science...
Is the humanitarian angle missing from engineering’s public image?
Eleanor Loudon, CEO, Engineers Without Borders Australia, says it's time to shake things up to encourage more diversity.
Engineers learn how to make more powerful surf fins from the experts: whales
To achieve a more powerful thrust through the water, a surfboard designer has turned to humpback whale flippers for inspiration.
New cement products could kickstart the construction industry’s circular economy
Some members of the building industry have begun developing products that not only reuse and recycle waste, but they eliminate...
Reforming chemical engineering’s ‘dirty and dangerous’ reputation
Rose Amal is working to take chemical engineering’s image from dirty and dangerous to clean and sustainable.
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