UM’s residential colleges organise activities to help secondary school students plan for further studies
The residential colleges at the University of Macau (UM) have organised a series of activities for local secondary school students, to enable them to experience life in the RCs and to gain a better...
Monash University ranks 58th in QS World University Rankings 2022
Monash University has ranked 58th in the QS World University Rankings 2022 released recently, ranking 6th in Australia, and 6th in Oceania.
A vital tool to study virus evolution in the test tube
Variants of viruses, such as that causing COVID-19, can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major public health challenge.
Study tracks food’s value from farm to plate globally
As soon as an ear of corn is taken off its stalk, or a potato is pulled from the ground, it travels anywhere from a few miles to across continents, and sometimes undergoes a multitude of processes that transform it into the food we consume.
UNSW launches 2021 Australian Mental Health Prize
Chronic underinvestment in child mental health highlighted as nominations open for the 2021 Australian Mental Health Prize.
UM students win first prize at MCM/ICM 2021
Two teams from the University of Macau (UM) recently won a first prize and a second prize, respectively, in the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) 2021 in the United States.
Forests and climate change: ‘We can’t plant our way out of the climate crisis’
Some climate activists advocate large-scale tree-planting campaigns in forests around the world to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide and help rein in climate change.
University of Melbourne climbs in QS Rankings
The University of Melbourne has improved its position from 41 to 37 in the latest QS World University Rankings that were released today.
Australian heart attack survival among best in world – but could be better
Researchers have praised healthcare systems in Australia and New Zealand, after both nations recorded some of the world’s best long-term recovery rates for heart attack sufferers.
Being Social Generates Larger Genomes in Snapping Shrimp
In an article published in PNAS, the peer-reviewed official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers led by Columbia University’s Dustin R. Rubenstein...
