Pioneering trial aims to improve survival rates for advanced bladder cancer
First-of-its-kind trial hopes to improve survival rates for advanced bladder cancer by matching treatments to known genetic risk markers.
Four incredible UOW scientists join Homeward Bound voyages to Antarctica
Four outstanding University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers are bound for the wilds of Antarctica as part of a prestigious global initiative that aims to motivate and celebrate women with backgrounds in Science...
How to improve your communication with someone with a speech impairment
October marked alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) awareness month. AAC includes all means of communication that a person may use besides talking.
From ‘whisperyness’ to ‘wobbliness’ – make your voice heard say Lancaster researchers
Lancaster University researchers need your help to study voice changes across the life cycle.
Engineering researchers tackle period poverty with innovative design
McMaster Engineering professors and student researchers are working with a social enterprise partner on innovations to an essential personal product...
Left-handers aren’t better spatially, gaming research shows
Leonardo Da Vinci was one, so too Albert Einstein and Joan of Arc, while the footballer Diego Maradona was famous for using his against England, we are of course talking about left-handers.
Supporting lung health with break-through monitoring technology
In this latest Research Tuesdays event, Breathe Easier, researchers will explore the need for further development of tools to monitor one of the most life-sustaining organs – the lung.
Cindy Blackstock honoured with World’s Children’s Prize
In a global vote, millions of children have chosen Cindy Blackstock as the recipient of the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) for the Rights of the Child.
Professor John Burnside wins David Cohen Prize for Literature
Poet, memoirist and novelist John Burnside, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews, has been named the winner of the 2023 David Cohen prize for literature.
UCalgary Mobilizing Alberta Climate Action Grant program launches new funding round
“Action is the antidote to despair,” folksinger Joan Baez famously said, and this is certainly relevant for addressing climate change and climate justice, globally and locally.
