Understanding older care leavers’ perceptions and experiences of aged care services
A new National Centre for Healthy Ageing-led review, in partnership with Monash University, has explored key issues facing the more than 500,000 older care leavers who are transitioning into the aged care support syste
University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Week 2022: 10 startups to watch
The University of Toronto is hub for startup activity – with more than 10 campus-linked accelerators and a community of entrepreneurs that has spawned over 600 companies and raised in excess of $2 billion over the past decade.
Building soil carbon with beneficial microbes
Field trials conducted at The University of Queensland show microbial biotechnology could be a game-changer for farming with simultaneous benefits for soil regeneration, crop yield and carbon sequestration.
Simple clinical tool can help diagnose spinal fractures in people with osteoporosis
Only one in three patients are diagnosed with broken bones in the back due to osteoporosis. One reason is that medical staff find it difficult to know who should have a back X-ray. To help address this important diagnostic care gap...
Director of Institute for Medical Humanities honoured by Linköping University
Professor Angela Woods, Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) and a Professor of Medical Humanities in our Department of English Studies...
Psychologists urged to do more on climate change
Psychologists should be doing more to mitigate the health effects of climate change, according to an extensive new report from the American Psychological Association (APA) – the largest organisation for psychologists in the US and with influence around the world.
Bristol Professor appointed as one of the European Commission’s Chief Scientific Advisors
Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, Director of the Smart Internet Lab at the University of Bristol, has been appointed as Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission playing...
Study finds genetic link between childhood and adult anxiety and depression
Hereditary factors are partly responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists into adulthood, according to University of Queensland researchers.
Experience beats knowledge: Prof Richard Sutton on reinforcement learning and the future of AI
What can babies do that even the most advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) currently cannot? Renowned AI expert, Professor Richard Sutton, demonstrates this with a video of an...
Curtin blazes a trail for resources research commercialisation
Curtin University has been named the first of Australia’s Trailblazer universities to receive a share of more than $242 million in federal government funding, to develop a research commercialisation hub to turn research outputs into breakthrough services, products and businesses.
