Perth’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, and ANU’s National Computational Infrastructure facility have just scored $140 million in the 2018 Federal Budget, announced tonight.
The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre helps advance medical research, nanotechnology, mining, construction and urban planning with high-speed calculations.
It supports research to maximise combustion in supersonic engines and model the physics of extreme waves to capture energy.
[referenced url=”https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/heres-the-full-2018-australian-federal-budget-speech/” thumb=”https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/iStock-518095138-410×231.jpg” title=”Here’s The Full 2018 Australian Federal Budget Speech” excerpt=”Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down the 2018-2019 Australian Federal Budget tonight – here is the speech in full.”]
[referenced url=”https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/yearly-power-bills-to-fall-by-400-from-2020/” thumb=”https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/iStock-184091516-410×231.jpg” title=”Yearly Power Bills To Fall By $400 From 2020″ excerpt=”The 2018-19 budget has revealed that annual power bills will fall by $400 on average for every Australian household from 2020.”]
[referenced url=”https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/science-and-research-infrastructure-promised-1-9-billion-in-government-funding/” thumb=”https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Australian-Square-Kilometre-Array-Pathfinder-410×231.jpg” title=”Science And Research Infrastructure Promised $1.9 Billion In Government Funding” excerpt=”In tonight’s Federal budget, “boosting innovation with science and research infrastructure” was allocated 1.9 billion over the next 12 years – that’s going towards health, manufacturing, agriculture, satellites for our GPS usage – and our space agency.”]