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Rehome growth centres to CSIRO: WA chief scientist

Brandon How — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:41:43 +0000

Australia’s Industry Growth Centres should be given a new lease of life within the CSIRO to uplift practical research outcomes in Australia, according to the longest sitting government chief scientist in Australia. Western Australia’s chief scientist Professor Peter Klinken, who has served in the role for more than a decade, believes the national science agency...

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Australia’s re-industrialisation: Moon shot or magical thinking?

Justin Hendry — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 07:49:39 +0000

“A problem well defined is a problem half-solved” is a wise quip attributed to Charles Kettering, the head of research at General Motors nearly a century ago. “Magical thinking” is another term coined earlier by British anthropologist, Sir James George Frazer in the context of his exploration of primitive beliefs and rituals in various cultures....

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Quantum Brilliance snags $17m German research project

James Riley — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 20:57:01 +0000

German-Australian manufacturer of quantum computing hardware, Quantum Brilliance has announced it is to be the commercialisation partner in a $17.5 million research project funded by the German government to develop a compact, scalable quantum computer demonstrator with spin-photon qubits leveraging synthetic diamonds. Led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, the goal...

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