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Australia's blind population can now read more than just words, such as graphs and graphics, following the development of an affordable digital reading system by Curtin University researchers.

Women in Innovation and Technology SA (WITSA), in collaboration with News Corp Australia, has launched the inaugural Women in Innovation Awards SA in a bid to highlight the state's best female innovators, intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs.

NICTA and Swinburne have joined forces to deliver high-impact research to Victorian industry, through a new software R&D laboratory opened today.

Secret agents in waiting, take note - British researchers have utilised laser technology and periscope science to develop a camera that can see people and objects hidden around corners.

The global demand for efficient ‘multi-fuel’ electricity generation has brought together some of the world’s leading computer scientists in an R&D effort aimed at creating systems to connect and manage electricity and natural gas supplies on a shared platform.

A new cost-effective technology to treat mining wastewater and reduce sludge by up to 90% has been used for the first time at a commercial mine.

Salary rises across most industry sectors are slowing, although IT and engineering/science, along with general management, have recorded the highest average salary increases over the past year, according to a newly published survey.

Researchers from CSIRO have unveiled a new online tool called 'We Feel', which analyses the words from millions of tweets to display a real-time view of our emotions.

A handheld detector that reduces both the cost and time taken to remediate sites contaminated by petroleum products has been launched to market in the United States.

ABC presenter and long-running host of the ABC Science Show, Robyn Williams, will deliver the Henry Sutton oration in honour of the early telecommunications pioneer at a Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) lunch in Melbourne tomorrow.

Researchers at Melbourne's Swinburne University have developed a high-quality continuous graphene oxide thin film that shows potential for ultrafast telecommunications.

Australia's peak science body CSIRO is to set up an internal anti-bullying unit after an investigation looked into over 100 complaints of workplace bullying dating back to 1983.

The Victorian government is continuing its agenda of tough cuts and savings, this time at the expense of the Victorian branch of NICTA, Australia's IT and Communications research organisation.

IBM has come together with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in a collaborative research program in a range of high-end defence technologies.

If you text and walk, you're a bloody idiot - new research is showing that people that text while walking are at risk of ruining their balance and posture, and severe injury.

The bad news keeps coming for Austraia's peak science body CSIRO - its WiFi patents, and therefore its rivers of gold, have expired.

The team behind the AR.Drone quadricopter, French tech company Parrot, has announced the release of a wireless iOS plant monitor in Australia.

Your relationship may depend on Facebook more than you think, with scientists revealing an algorithm they say can accurately identify who you're dating and when you're in danger of breaking up.

It's no secret the world is facing an ageing population and potentially, with it, an imminent healthcare crisis, and Google has stepped up to tackle some of our biggest problems head-on.

An international research team has taken inspiration from the humble butterfly, mimicking microscopic structures in its wings to develop a new device that could make optical communication faster and more secure.