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The CSIRO has released a science masterplan aimed at improving Australia’s record in innovation and which it says will help the country respond to global changes and digital disruption. The plan has been advanced by the CSIRO against the background of Australia’s lowly ranking of 81st in the world ‘innovation efficiency’ stakes.

Researchers will be able to leverage big data for research and cross-disciplinary collaboration with the new high performance computer (HPC) service opened by the University of Sydney in partnership with Dell.

IBM’s cognitive computing system Watson will be deployed by oil and gas company Woodside as part of the resource giant’s strategy to use predictive data science to leverage more than 30 years of collective knowledge and experience as a leading liquefied natural gas operator.

A joint initiative by government, industry and the National Science and Technology Centre, Questacon, has given students from secondary schools in three states experience with the cutting-edge of design technology.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) wants to see bi-partisan cooperation between political parties on initiatives to bring a greater focus to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies in the education system.

Storage vendor Seagate Technology has partnered with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN openlab,  to collaborate on the development of its ‘’breakthrough” Kinetic Open Storage platform.

The Australian Computing Society (ACS) has ‘welcomed the announcement of the Science portfolio being reintegrated and placed with the Industry Minister.’

ICT professionals with skills in data storage, retrieval and analysis are the most sought after in the Australian market, according to a survey over the course of this year by professional network LinkedIn.

The national science hub RiAus has launched what it says is Australia’s first dedicated science TV channel, with the help of digital media solutions company Hostworks.

The manufacturing industry may be going through a tough time but manufacturers will soon be able to create faster and more accurate 3D simulations of their factory production lines, with new developments in conjunction with CSIRO.

British 'superstar' physicist Brian Cox engaged Australian students with a live Q&A session on 14 October, streamed exclusively to registered schools as a part of his pre-tour in Australia, with the help of some Aussie 'digital roadies.'

The Australian Council of Deans of Information and Communications Technology (ACDICT) has hit out at the federal government for what it says is the proposed axing of the national digital technologies curriculum for schools.

Sydney's UNSW are not slowing down at breaking records, today announcing a team of engineering students has been officially recognised as the new world record holders for the fastest electric vehicle over a distance of 500 kilometres.

Australia hasn't had many decent sporting results for a while but two UNSW research teams have done the country proud, finding solutions to a critical challenge that has held back the realisation of super powerful quantum computers.

Australia's peak scientific body the CSIRO has appointed a renowned tech entrepreneur and defence science specialist as its new CEO.

You know those couples that post all over Facebook about how 'in love' they are? A scientific study has determined they're likely anxious about their partner's feelings.

Australia's national science agency CSIRO has announced a new class oceanographic research instrument, TRIAXUS, has touched down in Hobart.

IBM is to provide the German national synchrotron with a storage system capable of handling more than 20GB of data per second.

Australia's government-run weather experts the Bureau of Meterology will purchase a new supercomputer and datacentre following a datalink upgrade, boosting speeds from 80 gigabits per second to 200.

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has never been short on ambition but his latest predictions seem particularly high reaching, telling investors his company will be producing up to 100,000 cars a year by 2015.