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Date Time Benefits of team building exercises jeopardised if not truly voluntary Zoom dress up parties and ‘trust falls’ – team building has become the go-to tool for managers trying to increase rapport and productivity, but many employees resent compulsory bonding, often regarding it as the bane of their workplace existence. Employees who like to keep their work and private lives separate may want to avoid team-building exercises. Credit: Pexels A paper published this week by Un...

Performance for the six months to 31 December 2020: Group revenue at $4.3 billion, up 15.5 per cent on last year Parcels and Services revenue: $3.4 billion, up 25.9 per cent Letters: $0.9 billion revenue, volumes down 13.6 per cent Australia Post today announced group revenue for the first half of $4.3 billion, up 15.5 per cent year-on-year and Group profit before tax at $166.6 million, including letter losses of $74.2 million. Capital investment during the period increased to $189.4 million, ...

Mini perovskite solar module with 18% efficiency from CEA-INES The mini panel has a surface of 10 cm². It was built with a manufacturing technique that is claimed to be compatible with the integration of perovskite into heterojunction silicon solar cells in tandem architecture.Researchers at Frances National Solar Energy Institute (INES) - an arm of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) - have fabricated an 18%-efficient mini perovskite solar module with a surface ...

The US researchers claim to have achieved the remarkable result by adding a special conductive layer of tin dioxide bonded between the conductive layer and the perovskite material. They also improved the

Australian Treasury The Morrison Government has today passed legislation that will reunite Australians with more of their lost superannuation. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Reuniting More Superannuation) Act 2021 requires that accounts transferred from Eligible Rollover Funds to the ATO will, where possible, be proactively reunited with a member’s superannuation account, or directly with the individual where eligible, within 28 days. This will remove large numbers of duplicate superannuation a...

Date Time Department for Work and Pensions appoints two new Non-Executive Board Members 25 February They have been appointed for three years and will provide independent advice, support and scrutiny on the department’s work. The new board members will work with civil servants and ministers across all areas of the department, helping on the government’s priorities including the response to COVID-19, reactivating the labour market and delivering a modern, fair and affordable welfare system. T...

The successful engine firing at the DefendTex/RMIT test facility. An Australian research consortium has successfully tested a next generation propulsion system that could enable high-speed flight and space launch services. The team’s rotating detonation engine, or RDE, is a major technical achievement and an Australian first. It was designed by RMIT University engineers and is being developed by a consortium led by DefendTex, with researchers from RMIT, University of Sydney and Universität d...

AKKA Technologies: AKKA: NEW RESEARCH & INNOVATION PROJECT FOR THE RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF RAIL TRACTION SYSTEMS Regulatory News: RECET4Rail 1 is a collaborative project aiming at improving rail traction sub-systems, under the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (JU) Programme. The project involves 13 partners from 8 EU countries, sharing the common goal to research and innovate for the reliability and efficiency of rail traction systems. The Shift2Rail initiative The Shift2Rail Joint Undert...

Daily Monitor Why does my diesel car lose power?  Hello Paul, I own a Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ. Lately, while in motion, the engine loses power especially when going uphill. I also use a lot of energy on the accelerator to gain the necessary speed. What could be the issue? Katutsi. Hello Katutsi, your 4.2 litre diesel HDJ Toyota Land Cruiser loss of engine power uphill is most likely a result of low fuel pressure. There are other factors that can reduce a diesel engine’s performance such as l...

Core Specialty Partners with Duck Creek Technologies for Increased Speed to Market and Operational Efficiency Boston, Feb. 24, 2021, the providers SaaS platform for the P&C insurance industry. With its sights set on becoming the leading specialty insurer, Core Specialty is moving swiftly toward its goal with a unified set of powerful SaaS solutions while intensifying its focus on product innovation and distribution via the nations largest specialty line brokerages. Core Specialty sought a next...