Ross Waring has been named as director of a $200 million Curtin University-led hub which aims to develop commercial products and services from its research on critical minerals.
It might have seemed like a battle between resources efficiency and digital health and wellbeing but the winner of this year's Curtinnovation awards was from the traditional world of medical research – a possible cause of Alzheimer's disease.
Exploring the deepest reaches of the universe and mapping the human epigenome are among the research passions of the 2020 Premier's Science Awards finalists.
Curtin University has received a $580,000 federal grant to undertake research and development of new methods for storing, producing and exporting green hydrogen.
A move to use lasers to perfectly load rail cars is worth about $300 million to BHP and is an example of how the area around the town of Newman is world class in applying technology to resources.
The federal government has allocated $25 million towards a battery industry research initiative to be headquartered at Curtin University, while the Bentley-based university today announced it had awarded the main construction contract for a $110 million development.
