Isobel Blackthorn

NFC Connect, Pragmatic Semiconductor’s ultra-thin, physically flexible, low-carbon chip for near-field communication. Pragmatic NFC Connect product innovation expands market opportunities for edge and item-level intelligence at scale   Industry-leading low carbon footprint, optimised design Ultra-thin and physically flexible for seamless integration – even on curved surfaces iOS/Android and NFC Forum Type-V compatibility UK-based manufacturing with capacity to […]

Future Resilience Events Friday 28 March – Sunday 30 March 2025 Castlemaine, Victoria The stage is set for ‘Women Changing the Climate’ – an unparalleled gathering of visionary women leaders, changemakers, and advocates, in all diversity, from across the country who will gather in regional Victoria at the iconic Castlemaine Town Hall next weekend. Women […]

Chief Innovation Officer and Executive Product Director appointed to drive forward commercialisation and first-of-a-kind facilities Australian biotech innovator, Samsara Eco, has expanded its global leadership team with the appointment of material science and engineering veterans, Brock Thomas as Chief Innovation Officer and Isaac Iverson as Executive Product Director. Thomas and Iverson bring decades of experience working within the polymer space […]

Purple-crowned fairy-wren. Credit Niki Teunissen/Monash University and Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Monash University Habitat degradation and erratic rainfall conditions are impacting the movement of birds through northern Australia’s fragmented landscape, a new study by Monash University has found. Analysing 17 years of data about the movement of nearly 800 endangered purple-crowned fairy-wrens in north-west Western Australia, […]

Decarbonization has become one of the most disruptive trends across all industries. Virtually every major company in every sector now has a strategy for reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This impacts their relationships with suppliers, clients, and customers and drives investment in new technologies, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Against this backdrop, the […]

Allegro workers Olivia Small (left), a lab scientist , and colleague Jay Tennant, a stack technician, build a battery stack cell. Made of layer of graphite plates, electrodes and a membrane. These cells will eventually go into building a large battery for Origin Energy where the company’s water-based electrolyte storage solution will replace lithium. CREDIT: […]