Climate change makes it high time to grow GMOs
National’s policy suggests the long-term use and apparent safety of these plants overseas would mean they’d be considered safe to grow here, and the party has a good point, says Andy Allan.
Rapid response to protect penguins from bird flu
Professor Craig Cary wasn’t planning to spend part of his 2022/23 Antarctic deployment trekking around a penguin colony, collecting poo samples. Fortunately for the penguins, a rapid response to the threat of bird flu resulted in exactly that.
Cannabinoid-based drug trial for brain tumours begins
Patients with aggressive brain tumours may be able to take part in a new trial of a cannabinoid-based drug, coordinated by the University of Birmingham.
Western projects receive new Canada Brain Research Fund grants
A research project on fast-tracking drug development for neurodegenerative diseases and another on technology to study the brain at the patient’s bedside are two Western projects among four across Canada awarded grants through the Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF)...
Professor Murray Cox awarded the 2022 Hector Medal
Professor Murray Cox from the School of Natural Sciences has been named the recipient of the 2022 Hector Medal by The Royal Society Te Apārangi.
$13 million grant to Brown to enable research on impact of health policies on...
A National Institute on Aging grant to Brown University will fund research on the impact of health policies and systems on people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
JCU launches ‘lifestyle medicine’ courses
James Cook University’s College of Medicine and Dentistry has become the first of its kind in Australia to offer postgraduate courses in lifestyle medicine, an evidence-based approach to preventing and treating disease.
Researchers use powerful AI tool to gain new insights into protein structures
An international team of researchers has revealed new insights about the three-dimensional structure of certain types of proteins by using the powerful artificial intelligence tool AlphaFold2.
Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope achieves first light milestone
The Simons Observatory (SO) has completed the installation of its Large Aperture Telescope (LAT) near the summit of Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
FBA co-hosts online marketing research forum with ICD School of Business and Marketing in...
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Business Administration (FBA) co-hosted an online marketing research forum with the ICD School of Business and Marketing in France.
