According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there are more than 1.7 million Australians that live with the biomedical signs of chronic kidney disease. While not all will deteriorate to kidney failure, it leads to the 22,000 deaths annually which could be reduced from earlier detection and better management, an initiative launched by
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The construction industry has a bad rap for polluting the environment. As per the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), nearly 40% of all global carbon emissions are ascribed to the buildings segment. In fact, in 2021, concerns grew so much that investments to make it greener increased by 16% to $342.7 billion. One company all
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As sustainability takes centre stage across industries, companies are forced to reimagine their products to be more eco-conscious. For innovative tech company Sparc Technologies (ASX: SPN), it is an opportunity to fill a market need. So, it has signed an agreement with the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to develop materials for sodium ion batteries
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Fresh off their declaration to be a net-zero carbon emissions business before 2050, oil and gas company Carnarvon Petroleum (ASX: CVN) has committed $2.6 million into a joint venture project aiming to produce renewable diesel and other sustainable products, including graphene. The fund will secure a 50% equity stake in the venue in partnership with
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Continued emergence of graphene and its application in biotech is being led by homegrown tech company Archer Materials (ASX: AXE) which has secured access to a $150 million world-class research facility to advance their biochip development. The facility provides Archer with instruments to test its semiconductor device production processes. Key to the deep tech access
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One of the world’s most annoying forms of bacterial infection could soon see a decrease in prevalence with materials tech company Sparc Technologies (ASX: SPN) identifying antibacterial properties in graphene that kills E-Coli. The testing was undertaken in collaboration with Flinders University in Adelaide where results indicated that an epoxy coating of graphene-based additives mostly
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