Deakin welcomes Anam Cara House to Waurn Ponds campus
Deakin University has welcomed Anam Cara House, a state-of-the-art palliative care facility, to the Waurn Ponds campus after it was officially launched on Saturday.
Professor Willis earns top Australian science award for pioneering mathematics theory
Hailed as the creator of new mathematics, the University of Newcastle’s Emeritus Professor George Willis has been awarded the coveted Thomas Ranken Lyle Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.
Australian astrophysicist to lead prestigious centre
One of the world's leading astrophysicists, Professor Lisa Kewley, has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA).
Repurposed diabetes drug can reduce pain for those with knee arthritis and overweight or...
A common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, possibly delaying the need for knee replacements, Monash University-led research has found.
Relationship help programmes may be more successful for people who have ‘sensitivity’ genes
If the pandemic has put a strain on your relationship, you might be thinking about going to couples therapy or taking a relationship course to help.
Young people don’t feel able to talk about race and faith in school –...
Young people from racially and religiously minoritised backgrounds are often unlikely to feel able to talk about race or faith equality at school.
Dying alone: heartbreaking stories of death during COVID‑19 lockdowns
Families have shared heartbreaking and poignant stories with researchers about the deaths of their loved ones in Wellington Hospital during the COVID‑19 Alert Level 3 and 4 lockdowns in 2020 when district health boards were restricting visitors to wards.
New tool to identify ‘toxic’ green books
A groundbreaking tool developed by the University of St Andrews is transforming how cultural heritage institutions identify toxic pigments in historic books
Leading cancer researcher joins SAiGENCI
Cancer research expert Professor Melissa Davis has been appointed as Program Leader, Cancer Systems Biology at the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).
Geoffrey Hinton discusses promise and perils of AI at Toronto Tech Week
Does artificial intelligence have subjective experience? Could AI outsmart and outmanoeuvre humans? What can Canada do to ensure it remains a leader in the global AI race that it helped kickstart?
