Critical Resources Ltd (ASX:CRR, FRA:9S70) has expanded its push into next-generation battery technologies, securing exclusive worldwide rights to a Singapore-developed thermal management portfolio aimed at improving cooling efficiency in lithium-ion batteries, data centres and high-density electronics.
The company said it had completed a binding commercial licence agreement with NTUitive Pte Ltd, the innovation and enterprise arm of Nanyang Technological University, covering four technology disclosures including a granted US patent tied to two-phase cooling systems for batteries, GPUs and CPUs.
Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) has delivered another blockbuster quarter, reporting record first-quarter revenue of US$81.6 billion, up 85% year-on-year, as demand for its artificial intelligence chips continued to dominate global data centre spending.
Despite topping Wall Street expectations and forecasting second-quarter revenue above consensus, the market reaction was subdued, with investors appearing increasingly difficult to impress after years of growth from the AI heavyweight.
Australia’s unemployment rate climbed to 4.5% in April while employment declined for the first time in 2026, adding to signs the labour market may be starting to soften under the weight of higher interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data released on Thursday showed the economy lost 18,600 jobs during the month, well below economists’ expectations for a gain of 15,000 positions.
Pancreatic cancer has long sat among oncology’s most difficult frontiers — a disease where survival rates remain stubbornly low, diagnoses often arrive too late and treatment breakthroughs have historically been limited.
That backdrop helps explain why investors responded positively this week after Australian medtech company OncoSil Medical Ltd (ASX:OSL, OTC:OCMLF) secured Therapeutic Goods Administration approval for its OncoSil™ device, a radiation-based treatment designed for patients with unresectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC).
Codeifai Ltd (ASX:CDE) has launched a new self-service Page Builder capability within its ProtectCode platform as the company pushes ahead with its strategy to commercialise AI, post-quantum cryptography and serialised QR code technologies through scalable SaaS products.
The release forms part of a broader product update that also includes full GS1 Digital Link compliance across all ProtectCode customer tiers and continued integration work on the newly launched QuantumAI Secure platform.
Kalina Power Ltd (ASX:KPO, FRA:WHS) says a newly formalised energy framework between Canada and Alberta is expected to improve the development outlook for projects being advanced by its 100%-owned subsidiary KALiNA Distributed Power (KDP).
The Implementation Agreement, signed on May 15, largely ratifies a November 2025 memorandum of understanding and is designed to harmonise federal and provincial policy on carbon management, emissions regulation and near-term investment in Alberta’s energy sector.
Avecho Biotechnology Ltd (ASX:AVE, OTC:AVEFF, FRA:OEZ) has completed the treatment phase for the final patient required for the planned interim analysis of its pivotal Phase III insomnia trial.
The interim cohort includes 244 participants, who were randomised across 3 groups to receive nightly doses of either 150mg cannabidiol (CBD), 75mg CBD or placebo in Avecho’s TPM®-enhanced capsule.
Vita Resources NL (ASX:VTA, FRA:J570) has received maiden assay results from the first 850 auger holes at its 100%-owned Ninnis Gold Project in Western Australia, identifying multiple gold-in-soil anomalies that warrant follow-up exploration.
Resolution Minerals Ltd (ASX:RML, OTCQB:RLMLF, FRA:NC3) has logged strong sulphides, alteration and veining in the first three holes of its 2026 diamond drilling campaign at Golden Gate within the Horse Heaven Antimony-Tungsten Gold-Silver Project in Idaho, USA.
The holes — HH-GG26-001C, HH-GG26-002C and HH-GG26-003C — were drilled around 500 metres south of the 2025 Golden Gate South drilling area, testing for gold and tungsten mineralisation in a previously undrilled area.