Tag: World Education News

It is well known that ingesting psilocybin (magic mushrooms) will induce profound changes in consciousness and perception - but exactly what is happening inside the brain is the focus of a new trial at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash University.

Australia's Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) has serious governance flaws and is potentially wasting billions of dollars in taxpayers' money, a leading expert from The Australian National University (ANU) warns.

Research by Lancaster University has painted a grim picture of how the coronavirus pandemic has affected those living with and affected by Parkinson’s.

Fruit flies are able to see the world more clearly and accurately than first thought, according to a breakthrough into understanding depth perception.

A novel new therapy has been found to reduce harmful plaque in arteries and change its composition so it is less likely to rupture and cause a heart attack, following a clinical trial led by the Victorian Heart Institute (VHI) at Monash University.

An Otago PhD candidate is one of three researchers to win $160,000 at the inaugural Māori Early Career Development in Cancer Research Awards.

Western Australia is likely to remain one of the safest places in the world, both from infectious diseases and military onslaught, through to 2050 and beyond, according to a new report launched today by The University of Western Australia.

The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, has announced 80 new Fellows, 10 of whom are academics from the University of Glasgow.

The Australian National University (ANU) has today announced a multi-million dollar investment to accelerate action to tackle sexual assault and sexual harassment in its community.

Most people are familiar with the cell nucleus from grade school biology as a storage compartment for DNA. But the nucleus also contains several distinct structures called nuclear bodies or domains – and some of them are brimming with genes’ messages, also known as RNA transcripts.