| Sector | Subsegment | Project Name | CSIRO links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining and Resources | Lithium ion and rare earths - mining and processing. |
CSIRO scientists, in collaboration with RMIT University
and QUT, have demonstrated that pre-treating a
battery’s lithium metal electrodes with an electrolyte
salt solution extends the battery life and increases
performance and safety. The research was published in Nature Communications. The simple method is set to accelerate the development of next-gen energy storage solutions and overcome the issue of ‘battery range anxiety’ that is currently a barrier in the electric car industry. The technology has the potential to improve electric vehicle drive range and battery charge to a point where electric vehicles will soon be competitive with traditional petrol vehicles |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2016/Salt-baths-boost-next-gen-batteries-for-electric-cars
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| Mining and Resources | Lithium ion and rare earths - mining and processing. |
A CSIRO-led innovation that enables fast automated
analysis of rock materials directly from drill sites is
to be commercialised, opening the way for millions
of dollars worth of potential cost and time savings. The Lab-at-Rig® technology that CSIRO has developed in partnership with Imdex and Olympus, under the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), enables chemistry and mineralogy of rocks found within a drill hole to be analysed within minutes of drilling. This technology will provide a great advantage over the current process which can take three months and often millions of dollars to set up the drill sites, drill, extract, sample and log the drill cores, send to a lab for analysis, enter data into a database and finally provide information back to the company. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2015/Innovation-drills-into-mineral-productivity
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| Mining and Resources | Lithium ion and rare earths - mining and processing. |
A new partnership between Australia’s national
science agency, CSIRO, and Japanese specialist
chemical manufacturer, Piotrek, will see Australian developed battery technologies commercialised
globally within the next five years. The two organisations have partnered to develop the next generation of Solid Polymer Electrolytes (SPEs) for lithium batteries using CSIRO's proprietary RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer) polymer technology and Piotrek's Ion Conducting Polymers (ICP). |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Piotrek-and-CSIRO-to-make-next-gen-lithium-batteries-for-global-market
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| Mining and Resources | Mining of other resources like – Coal, Iron Ore, Copper, Steel, Aluminium, Cobalt, Nickel, Potash, etc. |
Australia is leading the charge towards greener
and safer gold production with an environmentallysuperior alternative gold recovery process technology,
dispensing with toxic cyanide and mercury currently
used in most gold production processes worldwide. The CSIRO-developed ‘Going for Gold’ process replaces cyanide with a reagent, known as thiosulphate, creating a relatively cost-effective, non-toxic and safe alternative to conventional cyanide-based gold recovery process. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Cyanide-free-gold-goes-into-production
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| Mining and Resources | Mining of other resources like – Coal, Iron Ore, Copper, Steel, Aluminium, Cobalt, Nickel, Potash, etc. |
CSIRO has released a technology roadmap to
underpin growth in Australia’s $90 billion mining
equipment, technology and services (METS) sector,
urging companies to take action to unlock five key
opportunities.
Underpinning the success of each of these opportunities is a raft of new technology developments, as well as critical changes to people, skills, culture, collaboration, processes and business models. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Roadmap-to-drive-growth-for-Australian-METS
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| Mining and Resources | Mining of other resources like – Coal, Iron Ore, Copper, Steel, Aluminium, Cobalt, Nickel, Potash, etc. |
Copper miners can slash their energy and water
use for every tonne of the metal produced thanks
to a breakthrough ore sorting analyser developed
by CSIRO. Taking advantage of magnetic resonance
technology, the analyser rapidly identifies ore grade
so that large volumes of waste rock (gangue) can
be rejected before it enters the plant, significantly
reducing the amount of energy and water needed
for processing. The analyser is available to the international copper market through NextOre, a new company created by RFC Ambrian, Advisian Digital and CSIRO. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/MRI-for-mining-to-sort-out-copper-waste
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| Mining and Resources | Mining of other resources like – Coal, Iron Ore, Copper, Steel, Aluminium, Cobalt, Nickel, Potash, etc. |
An environmentally friendly processing method that
uses and recycles nitric acid could unlock 70 per
cent of the world’s nickel supply. Full-scale testing of the process has commenced at a A$3.5 million pilot plant at CSIRO in Perth. The process, developed by Sydney-based company Direct Nickel, could deliver a huge boost to the global nickel industry by making millions of tonnes of untapped nickel laterite reserves economically viable to mine. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2013/New-processing-method-to-deliver-huge-benefits-to-global-nickel-industry
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| Mining and Resources | Mining of other resources like – Coal, Iron Ore, Copper, Steel, Aluminium, Cobalt, Nickel, Potash, etc. |
A CSIRO-led innovation that enables fast automated
analysis of rock materials directly from drill sites is
to be commercialised, opening the way for millions
of dollars worth of potential cost and time savings. The Lab-at-Rig® technology that CSIRO has developed in partnership with Imdex and Olympus, under the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), enables chemistry and mineralogy of rocks found within a drill hole to be analysed within minutes of drilling. The new technology features automated analysis of mineralogy and geochemistry of drill-hole cuttings direct from the drill site, while still offering the relevant sampling methods and quality control current processes use. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2015/Innovation-drills-into-mineral-productivity
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| Mining and Resources | Mining equipment and technology services (METS) |
Emesent, a drone autonomy spin-out from CSIRO, the technology arm of Australia's national science agency, has raised $3.5 million in venture capital to commercialise its first product, Hovermap. Developed by former researchers from CSIRO's Data61, Emesent's world-leading Hovermap technology automates the collection of valuable data in underground areas too dangerous or difficult for people to survey or navigate, such as stopes or ore passes in mines. Drones installed with Hovermap can be deployed in GPS-denied environments without a human controller to create 3D maps, and record gas readings, videos and images. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/underground-mines-drone-startup
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| Mining and Resources | Mining equipment and technology services (METS) |
An Australian technology that provides new knowledge on orebodies and associated alteration rapidly and cost-effectively could soon benefit the global mining industry, thanks to a commercialisation deal that will open doors to international markets. CSIRO's advanced mineral analysis and logging technology - HyLogger - has been licensed to Australian Mining, Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) company Corescan, who operate a network of hyperspectral mineralogy labs across Australia, South East Asia, Canada, USA, Mexico, Peru, Chile and Argentina. HyLogger uses the spectra of reflected light from mineral surfaces to interpret the mineralogy of the material. It is far more reliable for systematic mineral identification than visual techniques used in most drilling programs. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Australian-exploration-tool-into-global-market
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| Technology and services | Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61 and Macquarie University, in collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs and University of Sydney have developed a comprehensive dataset of the global cybersecurity threat landscape, spanning a decade (2007 - 2017), which will enable cybersecurity specialists to derive new insights and predict future malicious online activity (or mal-activity). |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Decade-of-mal-activity
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| Technology and services | Startup ecosystem | Companies developing new ways to diagnose cancer, platforms to connect work and learning, next generation WiFi chips and quantum computing firmware are among the first to receive investment from Main Sequence Ventures, manager of the $200 million CSIRO Innovation Fund. Main Sequence Ventures will support new spin-out and start-up companies, and SMEs engaged in the translation of research generated in the Australian publicly funded research sector. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/jobs-of-the-future-csiro-innovation-fund
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| Pharmaceutical and biotech sector | Clinical research of drugs |
Thanks to a creative risk-sharing agreement with CSIRO, Melbourne start-up biotech company MecRx has secured a $4 million investment from the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) to advance its breakthrough technology for accelerating drug discovery. Under the agreement, CSIRO is assisting MecRx in validating its technology platform, which is being used to create promising starting points for new anti-cancer drugs. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2016/4m-investment-to-accelerate-drug-discovery
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| Pharmaceutical and biotech sector | Clinical research of drugs |
Mimicking nature, Australian scientists have developed a protective seashell-inspired capsule to preserve the active biological ingredients needed to create promising new drugs. The new shell developed by CSIRO, The University of Adelaide and the Australian Synchrotron, could hold the key to cost-effectively preserving and extending the shelf-life of vaccines in extreme temperatures without refrigeration. This could significantly benefit healthcare in developing countries where life-saving vaccines often need to be transported over long distances to reach everyone who needs them. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2015/Seashells-to-deliver-new-drugs-and-vaccines
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| Healthcare | Primary healthcare |
A new partnership between CSIRO's Data61 and regional allied health network Health Team Australia (HTA) will help address inequities in rural and remote areas by providing an easy to use telehealth solution, expected to connect up to 20,000 patients with online healthcare professionals. An alliance between HTA and Coviu, a CSIRO Data61 project, will see Coviu's real-time communication online video platform rolled out to HTA customers across Australia from November 2018. The new video consultation service will extend existing healthcare solutions and services from professionals such as exercise physiologists, dieticians, psychologists, mental health nurses and occupational therapists. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Remote-Australians-connected-to-healthcare
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| Healthcare | MedTech Devices | Patients around the world will soon benefit from a unique Australian invention, with emergency pain killer Penthrox (commonly known as 'the green whistle') receiving initial regulatory approval for sale in the European and UK markets. CSIRO and MDI have been working together for more than 15 years, having developed the initial production process together, to now vastly improving it. The technology will secure their market position as the only global manufacturer of methoxyflurane |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2015/Euro-vision-turns-reality-for-Australias-iconic-green-whistle
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| Healthcare | MedTech Devices |
A new 3D printed device is set to end the suffering for thousands of sleep apnoea patients. Using a 3D scanner to map a patient’s mouth, CSIRO researchers and Australian dental company, Oventus, can now print a mouthpiece which prevents dangerous pauses in breath during sleep. Printed from titanium and coated with a medical grade plastic, the breakthrough mouthpiece is customised for each patient. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2014/3D-printed-first-to-treat-sleep-apnoea
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| Agribusiness | agro‐tech technologies and mechanization |
The CSIRO and ASX listed agribusiness, Ruralco, announced a partnership that will see the latest digital technology, including drones and long-range sensing, applied to Australian agriculture. The partnership will draw on CSIRO’s expertise in data science research and engineering, and proven track record of agricultural innovation. Combined with Ruralco's on-ground network, the partnership offers potential to deliver new digital solutions to farmers throughout the country. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/CSIRO-and-Ruralco-partnership-to-drive-digital-farming
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| Agribusiness | agro‐tech technologies and mechanization |
CSIRO and rural technology start-up Digital Agriculture Services (DAS) launched an innovative new platform that combines artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud-based geospatial technology to deliver reliable, independent and robust farm data and analytics. The platform uses satellite imagery to track paddocks and their performance over time. Information from Australia's digital soil map is incorporated and climate information interpreted to show drought, frost, heat stress for livestock and other risks. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/analytics-platform-to-help-future-proof-farms
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| Agribusiness | Dairy processing |
A cybertongue that can rapidly detect lactose and spoilt milk, developed by CSIRO, has today been licensed to startup PPB Technology. The next-generation diagnostic tool uses biological sensors to detect substances like lactose on the spot. It has potentially game-changing applications across food safety, environmental monitoring and human health. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Cybertongue-to-transform-milk-market-and-help-lactose-sufferers
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| Agribusiness | Supply chain / logistics enhancement |
Researchers have provided the most detailed map of routes and costings across Australia’s entire agricultural supply chain, potentially saving the industry millions of dollars annually. The CSIRO researchers have applied the logistics tool TraNSIT (Transport Network Strategic Investment Tool) to 98 per cent of agriculture transport across Australia including commodities such as beef, sheep, goats, dairy, pigs, poultry, grains, cotton, rice, sugar, stockfeed, horticultural and even buffalo. The TraNSIT tool identifies ways to reduce travel distance and time, save fuel costs, cut down on wear and tear to vehicles and produce and minimise stress for both truck drivers and livestock. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Paving-the-way-to-cutting-market-costs
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| Agribusiness | Bio-fuels |
Research by CSIRO now makes it possible to produce oil in the leaves and stems of plants as well as the seeds which promises to be a game changer in the global production of renewable oils. US-based company Amfora and CSIRO this week signed an agreement that will advance development and commercialisation of the technology to produce energy-rich feed for livestock. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Australias-next-oil-boom-might-just-come-from-plants
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| Power and renewables | complex grid engineering technology |
CSIRO launched its Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems, a collaborative facility to research cutting edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies. The centre will be a hub for researchers and industry to identify, improve and then tailor energy technologies to meet specific requirements. Combining two or more forms of energy generation, storage or end-use technologies, hybrid systems deliver overall cost and efficiency benefits, compared with single source energy systems. Configurations include renewable or non-renewable energy sources, electrical and chemical energy storage and fuel cells, often connected via a smart grid. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2016/New-hybrid-energy-centre-transforming-low-emission-technologies
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| Power and renewables | Hydrogen fuel |
An economically-sustainable hydrogen industry could soon be on the cards according to a blueprint released by CSIRO, the national science agency, which found that cost competitiveness is firmly on the horizon. The National Hydrogen Roadmap sets out a path to develop the action and investment plans required to realise the full benefits of a hydrogen economy. Hydrogen is a clean-burning fuel with a range of uses, from powering vehicles, to storing energy. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Roadmap-finds-Hydrogen-Industry-set-for-scale-up
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| Power and renewables | Hydrogen fuel |
CSIRO research will fill a gap in the global energy technology chain to supply fuel cell vehicles with low-emissions hydrogen sourced from Australia. The two-year project will build on CSIRO's expertise in separating pure hydrogen from mixed gas streams, in this case converting ammonia to high-purity hydrogen for use in fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). CSIRO's membrane reactor technology will fill the gap between hydrogen production, distribution and delivery in the form a modular unit that can be used at, or near, a refuelling station. The project recently received $1.7 million from the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF), which will be matched by CSIRO. The research has also been welcomed by industry and is supported by BOC, Hyundai, Toyota and Renewable Hydrogen Pty Ltd. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Membrane-for-hydrogen-fuel-cells
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| Water Management |
Sydney’s iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world. Using their own specially designed form of graphene, 'Graphair', CSIRO scientists have supercharged water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker. The new filtering technique is so effective, water samples from Sydney Harbour were safe to drink after passing through the filter. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/Tiny-membrane-makes-Sydney-Harbour-drinkable
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| Water Management |
A unique new facility launched today at the University of Adelaide will help protect Australia’s precious groundwater from overuse and contamination, and contribute to our understanding of the impact of climate change through measurements on Antarctic ice cores. A collaboration between CSIRO and the University of Adelaide, the Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) facility uses advanced laser physics to count individual atoms of the noble gases, such as Argon and Krypton, that are naturally found in groundwater and ice cores. Measuring the ultra-low concentrations of these radioactive noble gases allows researchers to understand the age, origin and interconnectivity of the groundwater and how it has moved underground through space and time. This is the first Atom Trap Trace Analysis facility in the Southern Hemisphere and, combined with CSIRO's complementary Noble Gas Facility at the Waite campus in Adelaide, gives Australia one of the most comprehensive noble gas analysis capabilities in the world. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Trapping-atoms-to-protect-Australias-groundwater
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| Water Management | CSIRO’s Data61 Australia’s data innovation network and Radiant.Earth have announced today that they will partner to develop joint research into satellite imagery and earth observation data for disaster resilience, in areas such as human disaster management, health, climate change and sustainable water management. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2017/Data61-and-Radiant-Earth-team-up-to-improve-disaster-resilience-from-space
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| Space Technology | Space Exploration, oceanography, remote sensing, satellite missions, mapping weather, etc. |
The CSIRO Centre for Earth Observation will help Australian researchers maximise the benefits of observing Earth from space and further develop Australia’s space sector, which is estimated to be worth over $3 billion per year. The Centre will coordinate a range of Earth-observing activities within CSIRO and also be a catalyst for engagement with Australian businesses, other government agencies and research organisations. Data about Earth, collected by satellites orbiting the planet, is critical to understanding how our world works. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/new-earth-observation-centre
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| Space Technology | Space Exploration, oceanography, remote sensing, satellite missions, mapping weather, etc. |
The latest industry roadmap published by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, encourages the growing domestic space sector to join with international partners to adopt a bold challenge — providing technological expertise to help to establish a human base on the Moon. A sector-wide 'lunar challenge' is an exciting opportunity for Australian industry to contribute to a common goal aimed at growing the size of our domestic space industry to $12billion by 2030. Australian space sector support for the lunar challenge would be an opportunity to grow our existing relationships with global partners, including international space agencies. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/CSIRO-asks-space-industry-to-support-bold-lunar-challenge
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| Space Technology | Space Exploration, oceanography, remote sensing, satellite missions, mapping weather, etc. |
It’s an exciting time for Australia in space: the establishment of a new Australian Space Agency, the growth of new businesses in the local space industry, and collaborations with international agencies including NASA on their inspirational missions to the Moon and Mars that will create jobs and opportunities for Australians. CSIRO manages and operates the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex, one of NASA’s three spacecraft tracking stations around the world, and is exploring new collaborative research opportunities with NASA on optical communications, medical science, autonomous robotics, remote asset management, in situ resource utilisation, batteries and advanced manufacturing. CSIRO works with leading global companies and more than 30 small-to-medium businesses on a variety of space-related activities and is a key technology partner to the new Australian Space Agency, supporting the Agency’s goal of tripling the size of the Australian space industry by 2030. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2019/Australia-NASA-partnership
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| Space Technology | Space Exploration, oceanography, remote sensing, satellite missions, mapping weather, etc. |
CSIRO announced that it would be extending its Earth observation capabilities by acquiring Australia’s first CubeSat designed to detect invisible infrared light. To be known as CSIROSat-1, the new satellite will allow researchers from CSIRO and other institutions to 'see' features that can't otherwise be seen using satellite imagery in the visible spectrum. CubeSats are miniaturised cube-shaped satellites units, with a single unit being 10cm by 10cm by 10cm. They are lower cost, faster to build and cheaper to launch than larger satellites. With these low barriers to entry, they are a cost-effective option for trialling new technology and space research in low Earth orbit. In addition to enabling scientific research, CSIROSat-1 is a demonstration project, aimed at furthering development of the technology to support growth of Australia’s advanced manufacturing, imaging and data processing capabilities for small satellite systems. |
https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2018/CubeSat-to-lift-veil-on-our-environments-extremes
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