The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre has invited tenders for a new system to replace its existing Magnus and Galaxy supercomputers. Worth $70 million, the new machines will be funded by an Australian Government grant.

Researchers at Western Australia’s Curtin University say they can now take their work to new heights and depths with the addition of a futuristic Hologram Table at the HIVE, the university’s Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch.

An iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region will be Australia’s first major iron ore mining operation to be run entirely off renewable energy during the day, according to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).