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“Like building a plane while flying it”: The challenges of decarbonising AI and digital technologies
With AI spurring a more than tenfold increase in energy demand from data centres, how can Australia ensure that a...
When it comes to renewable energy, project and landowner approvals are critical
In the ongoing quest to decarbonise, the rise of renewables has its merits. But if communities aren’t involved in consultation...
The construction failures that caused the Nicoll Highway collapse
A fatal structural error and misinterpretation of computer modelling contributed to the collapse of this Singaporean MRT station 20 years...
These Australian companies are building the country’s biomedical capacity
From AI-enabled bionic limbs to the world’s first total artificial heart, here are eight homegrown innovations set to improve lives...
Almost 40 per cent of Australia’s electricity is now generated from renewable sources
Australia is rapidly becoming a leader in renewable energy production. Here’s how the country got to this point, and what’s...
New guide to low-carbon fundamentals released by Engineers Australia
Australia is rapidly becoming a leader in renewable energy production. Here’s how the country got to this point, and what’s...
This is the proposed world’s largest aircraft, capable of carrying 100 m-long wind turbine blades
Radia’s WindRunner, currently in development and touted as the world’s largest aircraft, will be capable of transporting wind turbine blades...
Is it possible to manufacture data centres in space?
Data centres demand enormous power and generate immense heat – and these operators are looking at placing them in outer...
New rainfall guidelines go one step further in tackling a changing climate
A critical update to Australian rainfall and runoff guidelines will allow engineers to achieve a more flood-resilient future.
By the numbers: Do EVs produce fewer carbon emissions than internal combustion engines?
Do electric vehicles produce fewer carbon emissions in total – or do their greenhouse-heavy production requirements dull the sheen of...
