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ANU student ventures awarded $50,000 in startup grants »
Five ANU student startup teams were awarded a total $50,000 worth of grants, and other startup support prizes, at the recent awards ceremony of the...
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Quantum Brilliance team
ANU start-up to power next generation of quantum computing »
A start-up from The Australian National University is looking to transform the future of computing, with a diamond-based quantum technology that will enable...
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Artist's impression of a system of detectors along quantum circuits to monitor light particles. Image: Kai Wang, ANU
ANU at forefront of Australia’s quantum future  »
The Australian National University (ANU) will play a key role in shaping Australia's next-generation technology, according to a new roadmap for the emerging...
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ANU Researcher Dr Lee White, and Lahiru Hapuarachchi, ActewAGL Lead Product and Innovation Engineer.
ANU-ActewAGL project to explore housing energy efficiency »
A unique research project at The Australian National University to explore home insulation and electricity use has been named the 2020 winner of the Icon Water...
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Funding boost to float Australia’s hydrogen energy future »
A 20-year investment worth $1.5 million will help boost Australia's hydrogen economy, powering new research on this form of renewable energy storage at The...
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InnovationACT 2019 grant recipients: (L to R) RescoIO, ConSenses Events, Solar Campus, Gleeson and Seeber, and Two Step Tommy. Source: InnovationACT.
ANU student startups share $50,000 InnovationACT grant pool »
A platform enabling community ownership of rooftop solar, and another providing scenario-based training for more effective upskilling of workers, were two of...
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InSpace lifts off – ANU launches new space institute »
The Australian National University has launched its new innovation institute, InSpace, which will bring together technology, science and law research to...
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ANU launches first partner innovation company Wearoptimo
ANU launches first partner innovation company Wearoptimo »
The Australian National University has launched its first partner innovation company, Wearoptimo, which will research, develop and commercialise wearable...
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Your mobile phone will get a lot faster, thinner and flexible in the future
Part-organic invention can be used in bendable mobile phones »
Engineers at ANU have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently, and it is thin...
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