Good bacteria can temper chemotherapy side effects
A new Northwestern University study found that specific types of gut bacteria can protect other good bacteria from cancer treatments — mitigating harmful...
Honour for Durham geographer’s climate change research
Durham geographer Professor Harriet Bulkeley has been honoured for her boundary-breaking research into climate change.
UM to hold Congregation on 19 June, to be livestreamed in tandem
The University of Macau (UM) will hold its 2021 Congregation on 19 June (Saturday) at 4:00pm in its Sports Complex (N8) to present graduation certificates to this year’s undergraduate graduates.
UTS Business School recognised in FT’s Responsible Business Awards
UTS Business School has been recognised in The Financial Times’ Responsible Business Education Awards 2024, acknowledging the School’s global impact and commitment to public good across its teaching and learning, research and operations.
Curtin and Cisco appoint two eminent Professors to lead technology centre
Curtin University and Cisco have appointed two leading Professors to help establish and lead the Curtin-Cisco Centre for Networks – John Curtin Distinguished Professor Iain Murray and Cisco Visiting Professor Reza Nejabati.
Manipulating light at nanoscale for increased photon upconversion
NUS researchers led by Professor Liu Xiaogang from the NUS Department of Chemistry, in collaboration with Dr Gianluigi Zito from the National Research Council of Italy...
Can mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?
This opinion piece, by Associate Professor Archa Fox from the UWA School of Human Sciences and School of Molecular Sciences and her colleagues, was published in The Conversation on Friday 25 June 2021.
Australia commits $3 million to assist in the elimination of dengue fever in Laos
Monash University’s World Mosquito Program (WMP) has received significant funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to fund research to manage the spread of mosquito-borne diseases in Laos.
Last ice-covered parts of summertime Arctic Ocean vulnerable to climate change
In a rapidly changing Arctic, one area might serve as a refuge – a place that could continue to harbor ice-dependent species when conditions in nearby areas become inhospitable.
How do we solve the maths teacher shortage?
The report recommends a national strategy to train more existing teachers to be maths teachers. This would replace the current piecemeal approach. Photo by Ridofranz via iStock.
