Drug resistance may make common infections untreatable
This article by Senior Research Fellow Christine Carson, from The University of Western Australia's School of Medicine, originally appeared in The Conversation on 24 November 2023.
Tasmanian school students set to dive into national submarine challenge
The Australian Maritime College (AMC) is proud to partner with Re-Engineering Foundation Australia (REA) to bring its renowned SUBS in Schools Technology Challenge to Tasmania for the first time.
A hand up with education: Celebrating 20 years of scholarship support
Nancy Caiger believes strongly that those who receive a helping hand in life should pay it forward, when they can.
Low emission energy systems can create water conflict without smart design
A new study published today in Nature Sustainability has found that using hydropower dams to generate low emission energy can cause problems for other economic sectors such as food production unless smart designs are employed.
How AI can improve dementia detection
Researchers from the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA), a partnership between Monash University and Peninsula Health...
Why McMaster donors give: Emil Zamora’s story
Dr. Emil Zamora has always believed in treating patients with compassion and empathy.
Stanford economist Guido Imbens wins Nobel in economic sciences
Stanford economist Guido W. Imbens was awarded the Nobel Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences today for his work in econometrics and statistics.
Researchers from UK and Ghana collaborate on healthy and sustainable cities
Researchers from Imperial and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) worked together on the challenges of rapid urbanisation.
Australia’s ‘Space Boss’ awarded UWA honorary doctorate
Australian Space Agency head Enrico Palermo has been awarded an honorary doctorate by The University of Western Australia in recognition of his extraordinary achievements in space innovation.
Wood becomes first woman to win $1M Waterman Award in math
The voicemail was extremely unusual. It was from the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), who asked Melanie Wood to call him right back.
