Workplace Equipment Feature Articles

The opportunity to lead Queensland's resources boom and Commonwealth Games development lies with people acting now to acquire the right skills.

Two Queensland University of Technology (QUT) industrial design lecturers and entrepreneurs have designed and built a number of motorcycles so refined they have attracted the interest ...

US Energy Department Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with CSIRO to explore ways to improve efficiency for powders used ...

An often quoted parable has the "foolish builder" building on sand, but in reality many major cities are built on soft deposits – some in earthquake prone regions – and world-leading ...

A new coating technique that can make fabrics 'self-cleaning' has been developed by Deakin University scientists.

Anthony James, Lecturer with the National Centre for Sustainability at Swinburne University of Technology asks whether improving efficiency may make our energy and climate problems ...

An international research breakthrough with bees means machines might soon be able to see almost as well as humans.

OPINION: Let’s start with a question: why has Denmark been so successful in renewable energy creation and uptake?

Researchers from New York University and the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart reveal how protons move in phosphoric acid in a Nature Chemistry study that sheds new light on the ...

A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex structures is being developed by a team of engineers led by The University ...

A partnership to develop products using insect silk will explore a range of industrial applications, with the aviation and marine industries in particular taking notice.

New algorithms could enable heaps of 'smart sand' that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.

Smart Australian laser technology is poised to bring a huge improvement to the lives of tens of millions of East Africans by helping to ignite industrial, economic and jobs growth.

Computing and medicine are among the many fields which could be revolutionised by a new form of ultra-small laser.

Innovation capability is the key to Australia's future success in manufacturing and other sectors, according to Professor Roy Green, Dean of the UTS Business School and Andrew Liveris, ...

The sector is much healthier, but heavyweight vendor dominance restricts opportunities for smaller companies.

Enhanced supercapacitors offer promise as alternative energy source for portable devices and electric vehicles.

There may be no belching smoke stacks to be seen, but every time we thoughtlessly put up a poorly designed structure or resort to energy-intensive solutions to cool, heat, and operate ...

Asia's boom economies, led by China and India, must overcome a series of complex challenges to guarantee the region's long-term prosperity, according to Asian Development Bank ...

Victoria University scientists have shown the viability of a new desalination technology that uses almost no electricity and has the potential to save huge amounts of water.