After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for real...
Can children develop a love of reading by sitting alone with an e-book? In a new article on The Conversation, Associate Professor Kathryn MacCallum argues that real books are more engaging.
Residue from household disinfectants may be leading to drug resistance in deadly bacteria
Macquarie University scientists have contributed to a new study that suggests we may need to rethink current disinfection strategies at home and in hospitals in the fight against superbugs.
Tuatara eggs hatch for Easter at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
A rare sighting of five new hatchling tuatara emerging at Orokonui Ecosantuary has been caught on camera by University of Otago researchers who were undertaking...
$1m boost for innovative engineering research
The founding director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, Distinguished Professor Peter Hunter, has stepped down. But his work to create our digital twin continues.
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.
A method to assess Covid-19 transmission risks in indoor settings
MIT researchers have developed a publicly available model based on physics and data from past spreading events.
UOW launches new Criminology and Social Policy Hub
The University of Wollongong (UOW) launched the inaugural Criminology and Social Policy Hub event on Tuesday 14 November, designed to provide a space for collaboration to influence future policy and practice...
UM’s new breakthrough in stem cell research promotes fat engraftment for cosmetic surgery
Prof Ren-He Xu in the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and his research team have discovered a new way to enhance fat engraftment with the use of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).
Advances in direct air capture technology set to progress with Economic Accelerator Grant
The development of DAC2Bio – a Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology focused on carbon dioxide and water production from atmospheric air...
Genome Canada and McGill to track COVID-19 variants of concern
Genome Canada launched the Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal today to track the evolving COVID-19 pandemic across Canada.
