Monash University buys CSIRO’s Parkville property; Australia’s biomedical research sector set to expand
Monash University has acquired a prime Parkville property that will become a key addition to its Parkville campus – home to Monash’s world-leading Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences...
Study to lift vital vaccine uptake to protect pregnant women and vulnerable children
The University of Adelaide has secured more than $960,000 from the NHMRC to lead an international project to improve the uptake of vaccinations against influenza and COVID-19...
Male southern elephant seals are picky eaters, study suggests
New research suggests these large marine mammals are extremely fussy and only eat their favourite foods.
Bristol professor wins prestigious RCGP award
A University of Bristol Professor of Primary Health Care and an NIHR Senior Investigator has been awarded the George Abercrombie Award for his outstanding contributions to the literature of general practice.
Forecasting the next COVID-19
Princeton disease ecologist C. Jessica Metcalf and Harvard physician and epidemiologist Michael Mina say that predicting disease could become as commonplace as predicting the weather.
The Melbourne Space Laboratory’s first satellite preparing for launch
The SpIRIT CubeSat, an innovative Australian and Italian nano-satellite, is on track to join the hunt for gamma ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe from 2023.
State-of-the-art Innovation Complex wins excellence award
The building won an ‘Excellence’ in the Greenstone Colliers Project Leaders Education Property Award. The annual Property Institute Awards celebrate and showcase superior examples of iconic property development...
Australian shallow reefs in decline
The majority of Australian shallow-reef species experienced steep population declines between 2008 and 2021, reports a study published in Nature this week.
University of Glasgow to celebrate Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien
Today he is remembered as the “father” of modern fantasy literature and the author of two of the best-loved and biggest-selling books of all time.
New project will help teachers tackle toxic masculinity in schools
Toxic masculinity and misogynistic gender narratives are gaining traction online and in Australian classrooms, threatening gender equality and contributing to gender-based violence.
