Algae cultivation for biokerosene production
14 October, 2015The Technical University of Munich has built a technical facility for algae cultivation at its Ludwig Bölkow Campus in Ottobrunn, south of Munich. The facility will develop efficient processes for producing biokerosene and chemical products from algae.
Futureproof labs featured at lab design event
22 June, 2015Research Facilities Design and Development (RFDD), held last month at the Aerial UTS Function Centre in Ultimo, was a meeting of the minds to discuss research spaces of the future.
Monash facility supports green chemicals manufacturing
02 April, 2015Monash University has opened its Green Chemical Futures building - a multidisciplinary innovation hub dedicated to supporting Australia's academic and industrial research within the chemicals manufacturing sector.
Nuclear medicine facility under construction
05 December, 2014The first steps in the development of Australia's new nuclear medicine manufacturing facility - the centrepiece of the ANSTO Nuclear Medicine (ANM) Project - are now complete.
UWS and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine sign MoU
19 November, 2014The Beijing University of Chinese Medicine has signed an agreement with the University of Western Sydney, the home of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine. The memorandum of understanding was signed in the presence of Australian Prime Minister the Hon Tony Abbott and His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China.
PM opens Westmead medical research centre
20 October, 2014The Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research (WMI) has been opened by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and NSW Premier Mike Baird, bringing together several centres of research which were previously spread across six locations on the Westmead hospital campus.
BioSA Tech Hub opens this week
29 September, 2014BioSA, an initiative established by the South Australian Government, is this week opening its Tech Hub - a business incubator designed to facilitate collaborations, knowledge transfer and support for technology companies.
RMIT opens $30 million MicroNano Research Facility
01 September, 2014RMIT University has opened its new MicroNano Research Facility (MNRF) - a $30 million, 1200 m2 building that will drive cutting-edge advances in micro- and nanotechnologies, supporting projects that span across the traditional disciplines of physics, chemistry, engineering, biology and medicine.
AUT-Roche Diagnostics lab officially opens
26 June, 2014AUT University has announced the opening of the AUT-Roche Diagnostics Laboratory in an example of the strong collaboration between the university and Roche Diagnostics - a partnership said to be the first of its kind in New Zealand.
New nanodevices facility for RMIT University
19 June, 2014RMIT University has announced a $1.25 million research facility to support the development of cheap, ultraprecise and easy-to-use nanodevices for the rapid diagnosis and detection of health hazards.
Early work begins on nuclear medicine facility
13 May, 2014Early work has begun on the ANM Project - a $168 million plan to build a nuclear medicine manufacturing plant and waste treatment plant to treat by-products for permanent, safe storage.
Multifunction lab space awarded
30 September, 2013The concept team behind Massey University's multifunction teaching laboratories were awarded the Best Practice Award for Innovation at the Association for Tertiary Education Management conference, recently held in Australia.
University of Adelaide ‘braggs’ about transdisciplinary facility
26 August, 2013 by Lauren DavisIn July 2013, following the award of $29 million from the Education Investment Fund, ‘The Braggs’ was officially opened. Named after University of Adelaide alumni Sir William Henry Bragg and his son, Sir William Lawrence Bragg, the $100 million building is the home of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).
National Geosequestration Laboratory beginning to take shape
18 June, 2013In the eight months since its funding was announced, the National Geosequestration Laboratory (NGL) has come a long way towards its goal of establishing itself as one of the world’s leading R&D providers in the field of carbon storage and geoscience.
16 months on: the RV Investigator
11 June, 2013 by Lauren DavisIn 2009, the Australian Government committed $120 million to the purchase of a new research vessel for the Marine National Facility, dubbed the RV Investigator. On 31 January 2012, construction on the vessel began in Singapore. To coincide with World Oceans Day on 8 June, a time-lapse video showing its progress so far has been released.
