Industry News

Mining companies and other major industrial players are getting into marine science.

Australian researchers are looking at the benefits and dangers of ‘study drugs’.

ANZ has warned that Australia’s shift to a services economy could create a skilled labour shortage by 2030.

Analysts say Australia's mining contractors are facing credit downgrades by several ratings agencies.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking legal action over claims made by electronic cigarette sellers.

It does not take much water to push cars off the road.

Biological engineers are developing a programmable protein that could deliver next-generation drugs.

The world’s fastest supercomputer has been switched on in China.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) says a faster National Broadband Network needs to be delivered.

North Queensland will see the world's first large-scale trial of gut bacteria transplants as an obesity and diabetes treatment.

Engineers have developed a new way to turn electricity into light.

While society begins to realise that gender is not binary, many of the world’s 25 million transgender people still experience stigma, prejudice and abuse.

Experts say Australian coal dust exposure limits are not meeting international standards, and should be more stringent.

Australian tech-heads have improved the method for detecting the entanglement of quantum particles.

A new report shows rising out-of-pocket health costs are causing people to take risks with their health.

WA’s major electricity firm will offload over 300 workers.

The Productivity Commission has again warned of the rise of the machines.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC) says rampant over-prescription is adding to the ‘superbug’ threat.

The WA Government has acknowledged its sluggishness in rebuilding decades-old public schools.

Researchers say working out after learning can help boost memory retention, if timed correctly.