The University of Newcastle
Hydro Harvester scales up to quench market thirst
The University of Newcastle has officially unveiled technology capable of harvesting up to 1000 litres of drinkable water per day – from air.
Metropolitan
Southern Cross University
High fail rate for melanoma self-checks increases cancer risk, new study finds
Australians are unable to recognise malignant melanomas on their own skin, calling into question the effectiveness of national self-detection guidelines, according to new Southern Cross University research.
Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University announces $10m gift from Blackmore Family Foundation
It’s the second major gift to Southern Cross from the Blackmore Family Foundation, the personal philanthropic trust of Mr Marcus Blackmore AM and his wife Caroline Furlong.
The University of Newcastle
Fight for justice
The fight to free Kathleen Folbigg – the woman once dubbed Australia’s worst female serial killer – started in 2013 with the University’s Legal Centre and its law students helping to drive the movement.
The University of Newcastle
Rerouting trauma
How cultural insight and the neuroscience of trauma is changing the conversation around youth violence.
The University of Newcastle
Sector-first approach to Indigenous health research
Community members and top medical bodies across the Hunter and New England regions have joined forces in a powerful bid to improve First Nations health outcomes.
The University of Newcastle
Scientists unlock key to breeding ‘carbon gobbling’ plants with a major appetite
The discovery of how a critical enzyme ‘hidden in nature’s blueprint’ works sheds new light on how cells control key processes in carbon fixation, a process fundamental for life on Earth.
The University of Newcastle
Accelerating Startups with the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy Program
Housed at the University’s Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER), the Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE) program is moving innovative technologies out of the lab and into global manufacturing.
The University of Newcastle
Global research warns climate change is increasing groundwater temperatures
Shallow groundwater is projected to warm on average between 2.1 and 3.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a world-first global groundwater temperature model.
The University of Newcastle
Scientists unearth stingrays’ heavy lifting role in estuaries
A new study has uncovered the significant role stingrays play in shaping estuaries, revealing threatened stingrays in Brisbane Water may move more than 21,000 tonnes of sand per year.
Macquarie University
Caregivers, activists, advocates: Nurses and Australia's AIDS crisis
From Australia’s first recorded AIDS-related death in 1983 to the introduction of effective treatment in 1996, nurses and the unions representing them, played an extraordinary role in responding to the virus. A new book shines a spotlight on their stories for the first time.
The University of Melbourne
Enlisting nanoparticles in the fight against superbugs
As antibiotics become less and less effective, researchers are turning to new ways to defeat drug-resistant bacteria like Golden Staph.