A new 3D printing lab in Melbourne could help develop bone implants to help people with traumatic injuries to the head, skull or face.   

Anatomics’ Lab opens this morning and will design implants for individual patients based on 3D CT scans that are malleable enough to allow surgeons to fit them to shape in the operating theatre. 

The printed materials will augment bone and integrate human tissue, which will help improve the efficiency of surgical practice. 

Organisers from Australia Cyber Conference in Melbourne pressured a speaker to edit his speech on Australia’s anti-encryption legislation. 

A partner with legal advice firm Ringrose Siganto, Ted Ringrose was told the original version of his speech was biased, stating the issues with a comparison between Australia’s encryption laws and China’s.

The organizers sent Ringrose an edited version, but he says he pushed back at the attempted censorship, and finally, he was allowed to present his talk as planned.

Brisbane hairdressers from the Sustainable Salons network are collaborating with Dresden Vision to turn empty shampoo bottles in a range of glasses.

The Sustainable Salon network collects and recycles pre-separated materials from salons.

Co-founder and managing director of the Sustainable Salons network Paul Frasca,  says so far they have rescued 89,900 kg of plastic from landfill.

Environmental groups traditional owners near Queensland’s channel country say they have grown increasingly concerned their waterways are under threat. 

The Queensland government promised to reinstate legislative protections for the state’s ‘wild rivers’ five years ago amid a proliferation of oil and gas drilling in the waterways. 

China’s State media has accused Apple of protecting Hong Kong protesters through a ‘poisonous’ app.

Italian ministers, prosecutors and police chiefs have denounced a European court ruling that tough prison regimes for mafia bosses violate their human rights, warning the judgment will hinder the fight against organised crime across the continent.

UNSW scientists have discovered a new purpose for graphene that could generate sustainable energy in municipal wastewater treatment plants.

Today the ACT Greens are calling for optional voting for 16 and 17 year-olds in the 2020 Territory election.