Industry News

A new report has found the source of more than half of New South Wales bus fires.

The South Australian Transport Department is looking for a little bit more data before releasing its report into speed limits on country roads.

Prospectors are being urged to take better safety precautions, after the suspected death of one missing man and a series of costly searches.

An important gap has been filled to enhance safety and equality at work sites of all kinds.

Over 120,000 items have been recalled from Myer, Just Jeans, Target and other major outlets, after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a warning about a potentially deadly dye.

Global experts have converged to discuss just how dodgy implants find their way into patients, trying to end the plague of poorly designed orthopaedic devices.

Researchers have discovered the “trigger point” for coeliac disease, finding the first molecular interaction the body uses to launch its immune response against gluten.

New work at a local lab will help Australia play a greater role in the development of nuclear medicine - radiopharmaceuticals for cancers, heart disease, muscular and skeletal conditions.

Harvard researchers have grown a section of the human heart for testing, complete with an inherited cardiovascular disease.

A new study may show why we cannot recall the very earliest parts of life.

Insiders say public sector job cuts have caused many to take a new path, launching a number of new tech industry start-ups.

A giant is about to make its gargantuan presence known on the global market, with the public float of the Chinese tech firm Alibaba.

Researchers have used electrical stimulation of the brain to induce “lucid dreaming”, a state in which the dreamer is aware and in control of their dream.

The advance of solar energy is linked to the surfaces on which panels can be stuck, and a new project adds roads and highways to that list.

After years of delay, solar panels are back on the White House rooftop.

Dart Energy has given up its dream to become a global player in non-conventional gas, agreeing to a merger with a UK operator that will see it dump assets.

The Queensland Government is pushing for a $16 billion coal development in the Galilee Basin.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will launch court action against Origin Energy for overstating its claims.

‘Bad’ cholesterol has become worse this week, with Australian researchers discovering it helps the spread of cancer throughout the body.

Company directors have become progressively less confident in the Abbott Government since it came to power, a survey says.