Author: Andrew See

Vaxxas sign deal with Queensland Government

<a href=”https://anff.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6120d5d0d50125b7cccd76244&amp;id=8f9deda1f0&amp;e=507f350265″><strong>As published by 7 News,</strong></a>&nbsp;Vaxxas has signed an agreement with the Queensland government&nbsp;to produce enough needle-free vaccine kits to deliver 300 million doses each year.

<a href=”https://anff.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6120d5d0d50125b7cccd76244&amp;id=f1f133c4bc&amp;e=507f350265″><strong>Vaxxas</strong></a> formed in 2011 and has been harnessing the NCRIS-funded networks of ANFF and Microscopy Australia ever since.

On the announcement, Dr Ian Griffiths, ANFF CEO, said: “We at ANFF are especially proud that the Vaxxas technology is now moving into manufacturing here in Australia, as it was born of ANFF equipment and engineering.

“This is an excellent demonstration of how ANFF has, and will continue to support the rebooting of the Australian economy. We believe this is one of the many ANFF enabled technologies that will start to form a new era of advanced manufacturing in Australia.

“Congratulations to Vaxxas, and to all of those involved in taking what started as outstanding fundamental research, and has been pulled through to become a fantastic platform that will soon be changing lives and creating new jobs.”

Please use this <a href=”https://anff.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6120d5d0d50125b7cccd76244&amp;id=58e23ffbfc&amp;e=507f350265”>link</a> for more details

ANFF is enabling Advanced Manufacturing

The Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) has made a number of recent investments in world class infrastructure and engineering to support key industry sectors outlined by Scott Morrison during yesterday’s pre-budget address.
The Prime Minister’s announcement today has outlined an innovative budget focused on advanced manufacturing that will lay foundations for new technologies, jobs, and businesses to flourish in Australia.

Please use this <a href=”https://www.anff.org.au/news/anffs-investments-aligned-with-national-approach-to-advanced-manufacturing”>link</a> for more details

UNSW to offer world first bachelors degree in quantum engineering

UNSW Sydney has introduced the world’s first undergraduate degree in quantum engineering, in response to a growing need for a workforce that can help Australia share in a multi-billion dollar industry.

The Bachelor of Quantum Engineering (Honours) will train students in advanced electronics and telecommunication engineering, specialising in how to design and control complex quantum systems. The degree will cover nanoelectronics, microwave engineering and quantum technologies for advanced sensors, secure communications and computing.

The program has its earliest origins in the quantum devices and quantum communications courses first developed by Andrea Morello and Rob Malaney around 12 years ago, but expansion of this curriculum in more recent years (and in years to come) and revision to make content accessible to undergraduate students, along with strong support form the School’s education team, has paved the way to grow it into its current form.

UNSW media release link

Operation of a Si quantum processor unit cell above 1K

A proof-of-concept published today in Nature has demonstrated a silicon quantum computing chip that operates at higher temperatures than ever before. The proof of concept device demonstrates a way to reduce the cost of cooling by orders of magnitude and is a significant step towards overcoming one of the fundamental roadblocks to building a practical quantum computer.

As with the majority of the work conducted by Professor Dzurak’s team, these devices are built with ANFF-NSW’s Silicon-MOS fabrication line, using similar processes to those currently used to produce conventional computing components. This means there are already production lines in place that can be adapted to produce the new QC components at scale, using existing semiconductor foundries once these devices are perfected.

The work has already been featured on the ABC website  and in IEEE Spectrum.

UNSW media release link

Top 50 most read Nature Communications articles in physics

Quantum computing researchers lead by Professor Dzurak (ANFF-NSW Director & ARC Laureate Fellow), were recognized in Nature Communication’s annual “Top 50 Physics Articles”. Their paper “Single-Spin Qubits in Isotopically Enriched Silicon at Low Magnetic Field.” R. Zhao et al., Nature Communications 10 2019 was recognise at 25th position.

Nature [link]