Engineers in Australia have built a remote-controlled minibot that hoovers up oil spills using an innovative filtering system inspired by sea urchins. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a polymeric membrane that can desalinate seawater and brines at ambient temperature and pressure. [ + ]

Research from UNSW could transform waste products into fertiliser while cleaning up waterways and cutting emissions. [ + ]

A pilot project to reuse vineyard trellis posts has been launched in South Australia, marking a step towards advancing a circular economy for treated timber. [ + ]

Researchers have created a process using liquid metals, powered by sunlight, that can produce clean hydrogen from both freshwater and seawater. [ + ]

The orange solid with a camphor-like odour has helped aqueous zinc-iodide batteries move a large step closer to supplying safe and economic grid and household energy storage. [ + ]

Researchers have developed technology that may help turn industrial emissions into jet fuel by simplifying how carbon dioxide is recycled. [ + ]

Applying a layer of supraballs onto a commercially available electricity converter nearly doubled solar energy absorption compared to traditional materials. [ + ]

Scouts SA has partnered with Container Deposit Scheme specialist Return-It to grow its Scout Recycling Centres in South Australia. [ + ]

Flinders University researchers are turning mining waste into a tool for sustainable construction, as it chemically enhances the strength of concrete. [ + ]

A study by European Energy Australia and Opal at the latter's Maryvale Paper Mill will assess the feasibility of carbon capture of biogenic CO₂. [ + ]

Blooms The Chemist has recycled 20 million blister packs in the past 12 months, thanks to its partnership with Pharmacycle. [ + ]

UNSW researchers are working towards a new generation of solar technology that could make sunlight work smarter. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a nanoengineered polymer paint-like coating that can passively cool buildings and capture water directly from air without energy input. [ + ]

Siemens has partnered with Envalior for its new series of coupling relays, featuring plastic made of 70% bio-based material derived from biomass waste. [ + ]