Double win for PhD student at major science meet
Susana Gutarra Díaz gave presentations at the Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association based on her PhD work about how ancient marine reptiles may have swum.
The Economic Fairways Mapper wins coveted Eureka Prize for Innovative Research in Sustainability
The Economic Fairways Mapper research team, a Monash University and Geoscience Australia partnership, has won the Eureka Prize for Innovative Research in Sustainability announced at the 2023 Australia Museum Eureka Awards ceremony last night.
NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app averted between 200,000 and 900,000 infections, estimates infectious disease...
The research suggests the app stopped between 200,000 and 900,000 infections between 1st October and 31st December 2020, when 1.9 million people were infected with coronavirus in England and Wales.
New Centre for Water and Spatial Science opens at UWA
A new Centre for Water and Spatial Science has been formally opened at The University of Western Australia, bringing together world-class experts from UWA’s Schools of Agriculture and Environment...
Understanding cellular clock synchronization
Thanks to a unique imaging instrument, scientists at UNIGE are revealing that cellular clocks in a given organ can be synchronized without the intervention of external signals.
$2m funding boost for innovative health and medical projects
Four researchers at The University of Western Australia have received nearly $2 million funding for projects including developing new therapy for liver cancer and pursuing a new treatment for gonorrhoea.
Will climate change outpace species adaptation?
Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming.
Monash Engineering research to help stabilise national energy grid
Electrical engineering researchers from Monash University will use Federal Government funding to investigate and develop a tool to predict and manage instability in Australia’s national energy grid.
Construction industry gets automated at new Monash University facility
A ground-breaking research initiative to improve the quality and productivity of the construction industry using robotic technology has received more than half a million dollars from the Australian Research Council.
Trees are better for us than we realise
The University of Adelaide’s Environment Institute and Green Adelaide will host an evening with pioneering environmentalist Jon Dee, highlighting the health-giving potential of trees.
