Technology

Australian semiconductor developer BluGlass Limited rolled out the first suite of its commercial gallium nitride (GaN) laser products for customer purchase at Photonics West in San Francisco in January, according to the company's latest quarter activities update. 

Metal additive manufacturing solutions provider AML3D has named former ESSI Group chief executive Ryan Millar as its new CEO. 

Sydney-based space technology company Spiral Blue has partnered with the University of Sydney to kickstart the TOLIMAN Space Telescope Mission, an initiative that will apply artificial intelligence in astronomy research and exoplanet detection. 

The Australian government has announced an $18.5 million investment to establish the Australian Centre for Quantum Growth, which will help scale the country’s quantum workforce and foster relationships with key international counterparts. 

Additive manufacturing company Titomic Limited said its glass mould coating system delivered to Vetropack in Austria has passed TUV Austria’s site acceptance test. 

Two Monash University-led research projects have been selected as finalists in Australia’s premier national science awards, the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

Australia’s iLAuNCH Trailblazer has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United States-based Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) to strengthen collaboration on space technology and security.

Moderna, Inc, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, and OriCiro Genomics K.K., a pioneer in cell-free DNA synthesis and amplification technologies, recently announced they have entered into a definitive agreement through which Moderna will acquire OriCiro for $85 million.

Researchers at the University of Queensland are developing nanotechnology that could enhance the effectiveness of treatments for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of the disease.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded nearly $4 million in government funds to help US universities gain...