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Building a sustainable, dementia-friendly home in the desert
Desert Rose House is sustainable, can adapt for an ageing population and provides liveable conditions in the middle of the...
How an innovative solar-powered system is providing clean water to Indigenous communities
Remote communities across Australia now have a new option for affordable and continuous potable water, thanks to Project Gilghi, a...
This engineering project helped turn a station-to-station rail link into door-to-door transportation
When the Sydney Metro Northwest rail link opened in 2019, great swaths of the city’s suburbs were connected to a...
This Australian technology helps to avoid dangerous tailings dams collapses
In response to major catastrophic tailings dam collapses in recent years, an Australian team has developed a new slope stability...
Fifty years on from the West Gate Bridge collapse, what engineering lessons have been learnt?
Half a century on from one of the country’s worst industrial disasters, Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge collapse still haunts those...
A seemingly simple solution makes building concrete bridges quicker, safer and cheaper
A simple but smart innovation in modular bridge design will be a boon for natural disaster-prone and remote areas with...
Meet an engineer making the world a better place — through sludge
Sludge is a messy subject, but Nicky Eshtiaghi believes her work on sewage systems can make the world a better...
How 3D printing helped to plug manufacturing gaps caused by COVID-19
Some engineering-related sectors have experienced a renaissance during the COVID-19 crisis. One area it has affected is 3D printing.
Federal Budget 2020-21: Infrastructure and manufacturing to aid economic recovery
The 2020-21 Federal Budget was delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg this week, including funding for infrastructure projects and a focus...
Australian student-built rocket readies for lift off
University of Queensland engineering students have designed and built a rocket that will blast off next year — and hopefully...
