Reviving an endangered Māori building technique
Researchers at the University are reviving an ancient Māori building technique and testing it for seismic resilience.
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.
Bird prediction tool takes flight in Eureka prizes
The team behind a powerful tool that helps farmers identify management actions that could support threatened birds on their properties is in the running for Australia's top science prizes.
Straightening out kinky roots captures carbon and avoids drought stress
Researchers have discovered a new gene in barley and wheat that controls the angle of root growth in soil, opening the door to new cereal varieties with deeper roots that are less susceptible to drought and nutrient stress...
ANU start-up receives funding for anti-inflammatory research
A new start-up company led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Monash University has received funding to develop a method to block inflammation caused by a number of common diseases...
Researchers are engineering a new drug against blood cancers
A University of Alberta researcher is hot on the trail of a new drug to combat blood cancers.
New research explores the health of Social Sciences in a time of change
The Academy of Social Sciences and Lancaster University have published new research outlining how the social sciences in UK higher education have navigated the unprecedented...
Writing, Gender and the Natural World – Six-part speaker series featuring nine of Australia’s...
On Wednesday 27 July, the University of South Australia’s Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3) will host the first event in a new six-part speaker series called Writing, Gender and the Natural World.
UM rector elected vice president of China Association of Higher Education
Yonghua Song, rector of the University of Macau (UM), was elected vice president of the China Association of Higher Education at the eighth meeting of the general assembly of the association held on 24 July in Beijing.
Breeding with ‘wild relatives’ to produce disease and climate resistant wheat
New research has shown how introducing genetics from wild varieties of wheat can improve their resistance to disease and climate change, a discovery that could help protect the future of this vital food source.
