Test & Measurement Feature Articles

A new research laboratory will allow for faster and cheaper identification of microorganisms, not just beneficial to the health sector, but in industrial, food and agricultural ...

A change of strategy enables engineers to customise their approach for testing smaller, faster products.

As Europe’s largest manufacturer of miniature and small ball bearings, GRW has recently completed detailed testing and the optimal use of lubricants for miniature and small ball ...

A mathematician working on a new description of gravity and a scientist producing microscopic materials for the next generation of electronic devices are to receive a prestigious ...

Choosing the right tool for a job isn’t always as simple as it seems, but ask yourself the right questions, and it can be.

Swinburne engineers have developed an inspection system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and characterise internal flaws in composite materials in aircraft.

Recent discoveries by a University of Queensland agricultural scientist provide the basis for custom designing plant roots.

Measurement and automation leader publishes its Automated Test Outlook to help engineers stay up-to-date on current technology trends.

The past four years has seen a dramatic growth in the use and availability of smart phones, and the handheld devices are now having a profound influence on the way many people do ...

Back in the 1960s Ross Brown started his business selling general hardware products, fast forward fifty years and the man in charge is not the only thing to have changed.

Food packaging is vital for ensuring foods are not contaminated, providing physical protection and extending the shelf life of foods.

Oscilloscope sales stagnate but there are bright spots for instruments that offer innovation and customisation.

Accidents involving gas can not only cost workers their lives, it can also cost companies thousands of dollars in fines and penalties.

An international team of plasmonics researchers has developed a novel type of nanoantenna that could one day lead to advances in security applications for the detection of drugs and ...

Australia currently has no organised, long-term way of monitoring levels of commercial fungicides in soil and waterways, leading environmental scientists have cautioned.

The world is an interconnected web of people and places.

The interior of a powerful machine newly installed at The University of Western Australia is not only the coldest place in the State, it is colder by far than anywhere in Antarctica ...

Relatively harmless microbes which pass through water treatment systems could be allowing dangerous bacteria, such as Legionella, to reproduce in drinking water supplies, researchers ...

A newly discovered technique makes it possible to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties.

Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.