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Sydney cube satellite maker Waratah Seed wins US space Logie

Simon Thomsen - August 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

An Australian built and operated cube satellite has won the SmallSat Mission of the Year award at the AIAA Small Satellite Mission of the Year Awards in Salt Lake City, USA. The Waratah Seed-1 – Australia’s first ‘rideshare’ satellite – launched 12 months ago and beat 10 rival finalists from global space experts includes NASA, the… Read more »

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Sydney startups Diraq and Emergence Quantum collaborate on key quantum computing breakthrough

Simon Thomsen - June 26, 2025 2 MIN READ

Two Sydney quantum startups have combined forces to developed technology that effectively reduces the size of the circuits required to run a silicon-based quantum computer. Diraq and Emergence Quantum published details in Nature today. Quantum bits (or ‘qubits’) must be held at cryogenic temperatures, near absolute zero (–273.15 °C), to preserve their information. But they… Read more »