A Perth startup developing rapid tests which it says could detect antimicrobial resistance and find the best antibiotic for the patient's infection has received $1.3 million in pre-seed funding.
Polystyrene boxes for seafood transportation could be replaced by a biodegradable option from wheat straw, under work done by Murdoch University, CSIRO and a Perth biotech.
Australian researchers have developed a technique to stop unauthorised AI from being able to learn from image-based media, protecting the copyright of Australian creators.
Government House official secretary Howard Gretton will lead the Western Australian team at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, having been appointed state manager at the national broadcaster.
A partnership between Nufarm and the CSIRO has achieved a breakthrough in the production of plant oils, providing higher yields in hopes it can be used as fuel without impacting food security.
Critical minerals are seen as vital to the energy transition although mining induced environmental impacts remain a key concern of the public, according to CSIRO.
A bioplastics innovation hub aimed at placing WA at the forefront of the national war on plastic has been unveiled at Murdoch University, in partnership with the CSIRO.
Fremantle-based SeaStock, a carbon abatement company that farms seaweed at a unique land-based production facility, has signed its first commercial supply contract.
A South Australian mining tech firm revolutionising the centuries-old method of assaying gold is working to bed down its foothold in the global gold industry.
CSIRO has committed $20 million to its small business programs, including Kick-Start, which helped Perth startup Uluu launch its first product this year with Quiksilver.
Venture Minerals has engaged Curtin University to start stage-two metallurgical testwork on its tin-rich Mount Lindsay borates. The testing follows the CSIRO's stage-one investigation into the extraction of tin, boron and iron from tin-iron borates, conducted in a bid to enhance tin recovery and produce a high-value boron byproduct to add another revenue stream to the project.
A report mapping Australia's emerging ‘Silicon Valleys' has found Perth ranks well below four digital technology clusters on the east coast for both jobs and investment.
Still paying the reputational price for blowing up sacred caves, Rio Tinto has told a global mining forum it is driving cultural change across the business.
Nine industrial zones to "carpool" emissions and give gas a long-term role in the economy have been mapped by the industry with help from CSIRO scientists.
As criticism of the government's energy market intervention settles, Madeleine King is focused on pushing Australian resources to the fore of the global energy transition.
Industry, government and financiers need to invest more than $20 billion per year for the Australian economy to expand without dangerous levels of pollution.
The recently released Federal Budget has highlighted the importance of the mining and resources industry to the Australian economy with a particular focus on the critical minerals sector. One of the most important commodities to the current market is lithium due to the importance of the metal to the electric vehicle and battery sector.
Construction is expected to start this year on the WA segment of the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope, which was today given a traditional name from the Wajarri Yamaji people.
The largest survey of airborne electromagnetic data has been collected across Western Australia to help unlock its resource potential and aid in the hunt for rare earth materials.
Helping patients by solving an unmet medical need whilst creating jobs and generating a revenue stream might seem like the ultimate win-win-win for a healthcare professional. However, getting a good idea to market means embarking on a long and winding road to commercialisation. Enter the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program launched recently in Perth.
The Wajarri Yamaji community has voted to approve a land use agreement to build the world's largest radio telescope in the Murchison, a big step towards starting construction.
Construction has begun on a $68 million antenna at the European Space Agency's New Norcia tracking site, a project tipped to strengthen the agency's relationship with Australia.
A collaboration among WA's leading research bodies will be created as part of a $25 million investment into growing agricultural research and development in the state.
Oar Resources says surging demand for graphite could breathe life back into its previously shelved Oakdale project in South Australia where the company produced a scoping study back in 2015. With global markets now diving headfirst into low-carbon energy, the company is casting a renewed eye over the asset where it will look to build on the work already completed at the venture.
Nickel-focused Estrella Resources continues to intersect more nickel-copper sulphides in drilling at its Carr Boyd nickel project 80km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The company says it has hit a cumulative 17.5m of disseminated and blebby sulphides within a broader zone about 24m wide. The finding comes from 782m down a deep hole targeting below the company's T5 nickel discovery.
