SciTech with Liz Tay SciTech with Liz Tay

iTnews’ Liz Tay has a background in physics and a penchant for developments at the nexus of science and technology. She surveys the world’s top academics to learn more about our world of bits and bytes and covers breakthroughs that will shape the next generation of IT.

Questions, observations and suggestions are welcome at ltay@haymarketmedia.com.au or follow Liz on Twitter at @liztayau.

Researchers build self-healing plastic

Researchers build self-healing plastic

Laser nervous system stops cracks.
Liz Tay Dec 9 2010 11:03AM Oddware
iVEC to build second Pawsey supercomputing site

iVEC to build second Pawsey supercomputing site

Welcomes early adopters of first site, seeks tenderers for second.
Liz Tay Dec 7 2010 12:12PM Hardware
Melbourne scientists build wireless broadband standard

Melbourne scientists build wireless broadband standard

Government-backed effort to optimise MIMO-OFDM technology.
Liz Tay Dec 3 2010 12:02PM Networking
AARNet to trial ‘terabit’ network

AARNet to trial ‘terabit’ network

Research network a testbed for the NBN.
Liz Tay Nov 26 2010 9:00AM Networking
New benchmark ranks data-intensive supercomputers

New benchmark ranks data-intensive supercomputers

Graph500 tackles requirements of the next decade.
Liz Tay Nov 24 2010 6:31AM Oddware
Robots learn from rats' brains

Robots learn from rats' brains

Navigational improvements from rodent ‘grid cells’.
Liz Tay Nov 16 2010 9:29AM Oddware
Scientists raise quantum error threshold

Scientists raise quantum error threshold

New design allows up to a quarter of qubits to be lost.
Liz Tay Nov 15 2010 6:35AM Oddware
Scientists build motion-powered LCD

Scientists build motion-powered LCD

Piezoelectric nanowires could power iPods within five years.
Staff Writers Nov 11 2010 6:20AM Hardware
Hybrid material raises quantum computing hopes

Hybrid material raises quantum computing hopes

Crystal could generate quantum building blocks.
Liz Tay Nov 4 2010 1:52PM Oddware
CSIRO develops wireless bush broadband

CSIRO develops wireless bush broadband

Ngara technology offers 12Mbps via TV.
Staff Writers Nov 4 2010 1:53AM Telco/ISP
Tech alone won’t fix climate change: researchers

Tech alone won’t fix climate change: researchers

Engineers warn “the modern equivalent of magic” can't heal the planet.
Liz Tay Oct 22 2010 4:39PM Strategy
NSW seeks Access alternative for fish diaries

NSW seeks Access alternative for fish diaries

State Government tags more fish.
Liz Tay Oct 22 2010 4:31PM Oddware
Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency

Graphene amplifiers to increase wireless chip efficiency

Triple-mode transistors built from one-atom-thick carbon.
Liz Tay Oct 21 2010 6:40AM Hardware
Battery degradation could start at the nanoscale

Battery degradation could start at the nanoscale

Scientists analyse ageing laptop, phone batteries.
Staff Writers Oct 20 2010 11:11AM Hardware
Stallman calls for end to ‘war on sharing’

Stallman calls for end to ‘war on sharing’

GNU founder warns of threats to a free digital society.
Liz Tay Sep 23 2010 6:55AM Oddware
Researcher builds machines that daydream

Researcher builds machines that daydream

Algorithms let robots reflect and meditate.
Liz Tay Sep 22 2010 2:29PM Oddware
Video: Vortex beam moves particles with light

Video: Vortex beam moves particles with light

Glass beads trapped in hollow laser.
Liz Tay Sep 16 2010 6:51AM Oddware
Researchers build quantum fidelity firmware

Researchers build quantum fidelity firmware

Sydney physicist wins part of US military grant.
Liz Tay Aug 25 2010 1:33PM Oddware
Scientists rein in the commercial cloud

Scientists rein in the commercial cloud

DIRAC distributes LHC computing tasks.
Liz Tay Aug 20 2010 11:47AM Oddware
Off-the-shelf laptops track targets in sets

Off-the-shelf laptops track targets in sets

Defence technology could improve traffic management, crowd monitoring.
Liz Tay Aug 19 2010 2:31PM Oddware

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