Calling early career professionals in clean technologies
Kristin: Are you under 30 and pursing a career in science, technology or engineering related to cleantech and the renewable energies sector? Bridge8 and Australian CleanTech are conducting a nationwide search for university graduates, technicians and young professionals working in wind, solar, biofuels as well as other cleantechnol

AZoNano: Yeah Sure, Prove It!
Kristin: Every month I receive a newsletter from the AZoNano.com, a website collating, publishing and promoting the best of the world’s nanotechnology innovation. In this month’s newsletter, I really enjoyed the following article on consumer product claims and their editor Andy Choi has given us permission to reproduce it here: Nanothoughts – Nanotech Super Products – Yeah Sure, Prove It! I bumped into some nanotechnology at the shops the other day. I was in need of a new dish brush for washing the dishes and was quite open minded about what I was go

Mining Innovation: Does Size Matter?
Kate: One of the potential challenges to maintaining Australia’s capacity for mining innovation is predicted to be the increasing dominance of large, conglomerated, multinational organisations. Historically, the mining industry had a number of medium sized organisations that could drive rapid and diverse innovation, however the rationalisation in the industry means that the policies and objectives of the large players may increasingly narrow the focus on future mining innovation. Head of Innovation and Technology at Rio Tinto

Had Charles Darwin Been A Blogger…
Jennifer: On Monday, Professor Lyn Beazley asked her audience at Government House to ponder the following question: “If Charles Darwin had blogged On the Origin of Species, would we still be talking about it?” Beazley, Western Australia’s Chief Scientist, presented the 2009 Geoffrey Bolton Lecture on the topic “The Evolution of Scientific Records and Challenges in the Digital Universe”. The Geoffrey Bolton Lecture is held annually in Western Australia in honour of Australian historian Professor Geoffrey Bolton. It aims to encourage debate about the meaning and nature of

Mapping Innovation in the Australian Mining Industry
Kate: Australia is considered a global leader in mining innovation and mining support services. Some of the historical factors that have allowed Australia to lead innovation in the industry were discussed at a recent Innovation and Excellence Day at the Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT). The advantages for mining innovation in Australia included: a mining industry of global significance;