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The Australian Federal Government’s skittishness about renewable energy systems has forced one solar power giant to look elsewhere.
Future fuel from low-power water split
As major car-makers Toyota, Hyundai and Honda prepare to release vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells, a new device could help the spread of advanced transport.
Vision switch to find friends amid frenzy
As the modern world becomes more and more populated with graphics, images and videos, some researchers wonder how our brains can continue to cope.
Weather winner in app awards
The Bureau of Meteorology's mobile website has been recognised for its useful and simple design at this year's Australian Mobile and App Design Awards.
News Corp clamps leaks with poor numbers on paper
Reports of tough times for News Corp have been clamped-down upon by the company, while it loses millions on newspapers.
Asylum granted to big US target
An Australian has been granted asylum in a foreign country after years on the run.
Quiet fight over bill to bust digital rights
Federal authorities are moving to change laws in a way that would allow illegally obtained evidence to be used in court.
Rubber bands fling sensor tech into future
Stretchy bands of graphene could be used to make a new generation of implanted sensors.
Harvard posts feat of techno-togetherness
Harvard engineers have demonstrated how 1,000 robots can swarm together in harmony.
Opto-electric sandwich lets new tech blend in
Engineers have created a material that can read its environment and change colour to blend in.
Locals drop Wikibomb for better recognition
Internet activists have fought back against an online gender imbalance.
Power challenged by game of phones
It has been a big weekend for electronic espionage and diplomatic hacktivism, with world leaders bugged, mocked, cracked and embarrassed as a result.
New neuron-holder gives life for months
Bio-engineers have created a brain-like tissue that shares some functions with our own grey matter, and they kept it alive in a lab for over two months.
Google boss plugs good points for robot cars
The man pushing to get humans out of the driver’s seat says computers will be better behind the wheel.
Water beam brings wave of new questions
Engineers and physicists at the Australian National University (ANU) have built a tractor beam.
Deep projections to let hive-minds speak
A new system will introduce collaborative, three-dimensional digital sketching to offices, classrooms studios and more.
Magnetic study to bring new tech closer
Australian researchers are embarking on a project to create better-performing and more capable information technologies.
New loo to lower the lid on illness
A life-saving solar-powered toilet has been developed for a UN-backed project to improve global sanitation.
Super sponge soaks up old energy issues
A spongy plastic that soaks up carbon dioxide could ease the transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, researchers say.
Watchdog keeps guard for lonely hearts
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is cracking down on online dating scams, as people continue to be swindled out of their fortunes by romantic promises.
Flat-packed, self-folding, robot origami
In an automated, robotic future, the common task of folding origami may no longer exist.