Innovation
Ideas from 10 global cities that could help Sydney fix its housing crisis
Around the world, cities have adopted bold approaches to boost housing supply, offering potential lessons that could help ease Sydney’s housing pressures and improve affordability.
- David Barwell
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Sydney has an image problem. Here is how we fix it
The city needs to look beyond the Opera House and Harbour Bridge to sell itself on the international stage, a new report suggests.
- Megan Gorrey
He’s one of the godfathers of the Australian start-up sector. So why isn’t he a billionaire?
Some of Mick Liubinskas’ friends are immensely wealthy, but his passions have taken him down a different path.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Data centres in space? That’s less crazy than you think
Elon Musk and other tech leaders explore building data centres in space to overcome terrestrial constraints, with launch costs and satellite efficiency key factors.
- The Economist
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Australian hypersonic plane completes first test flight at five times speed of sound
An Australian-made hypersonic aircraft reached five times the speed of sound in a test scientists say will forge the future of air travel.
- Michael Koziol
Parramatta is Australia’s undisputed gateway to India. And it’s proving very good for business
Economic links between western Sydney and the world’s most populous nation are on the rise.
- Matt Wade and Mostafa Rachwani
‘That’s not a knife’: Australian scramjet to launch in US this month
A Brisbane-based hypersonics start-up is preparing to go suborbital, with a launch window later this month to test its scramjet technology over the Atlantic Ocean.
- Cameron Atfield
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- Science
Most researchers miss out on innovation grants while medical fund sits on $25b
Nine in 10 Australian researchers had their “ideas grant” applications rejected last year, even as Australia’s medical investment fund sits on $5 billion more than it was designed to hold.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
The Quantum era crept up while you were watching AI
Step aside, artificial intelligence. Another transformative technology with the potential to reshape industries and reorder geopolitical power is finally moving out of the lab.
- Catherine Thorbecke
Fast and green: $46 million boost for Australian hypersonic pioneer
Brisbane-based start-up Hypersonix will demonstrate its homegrown hydrogen-powered scramjet technology at NASA in January.
- Cameron Atfield