Tag: University of Adelaide

Australian composites manufacturer Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (SIS) has pioneered a world-first technology, converting post-consumer soft plastics into high-strength structural building panels.

Special glass rods developed at the University of Adelaide have been transformed into over eight kilometres of optical fiber aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the university revealed in a news release.

A University of Adelaide project investigating a more efficient method of finishing wines has received $1.14 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC). 

The University of Adelaide and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore have joined forces to facilitate the exchange of expertise, research, and innovation in the fields of energy and sustainability.

Six projects have secured nearly $900,000 in funding through the seventh round of the Defence Innovation Partnership’s Collaborative Research Fund (CRF).

An international team of experts has devised an innovative method to repurpose polyethylene waste (PE), transforming it into valuable chemicals through light-driven photocatalysis.

Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Tasmania have found other substances in engineered stone that are damaging to workers’ lungs aside from silica. 

Sparc Technologies announced that Sparc Hydrogen, a joint venture between the University of Adelaide, Fortescue, and Sparc Technologies, has successfully concluded the initial phase of on-sun prototype testing at the CSIRO Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales.

Australia finds itself at a pivotal moment in the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the potential to either lead or lag in both technical advancements and regulatory innovations, according to a recent report jointly authored by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and the University of Adelaide’s Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML).

Monash University has officially opened a new research hub that will facilitate research and commercialisation of 2D materials like graphene with a vast range of applications including in water treatment and manufacturing of batteries, coatings, paints, and sensors.