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Scientists at Murdoch University have shown that it is impossible to reconstruct dinosaurs from ancient DNA, with the new findings revealing that genetic material can’t survive beyond 6.8 million years. The study has busted the myth in Steven Spielberg’s film ...

A pilot work experience scheme for gay and lesbian students has shown promise and may be extended next year. A new program known as Pride Mentoring is successfully pairing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students at RMIT University with ...

A group of nursing students from Victoria University has drawn a lot of positives from a challenging two weeks working in some of the most disadvantaged hospitals and orphanages in Vietnam. The 10 students volunteered at Hanoi's National Paediatric Hospital, ...

The University of Ballarat has announced that it will offer its first online qualification next year. The new program, Graduate Certificate in Tourism Futures, will be delivered by the university's business school. "The university is well-known for its first-rate, face-to-face ...

Mergers and rebuilding in the Christchurch school area show the system was broken before the quakes hit. The Christchurch earthquakes and all that has gone with them have placed demands on a city that are alongside the devastation that two ...

An international team of researchers has found a new way to measure quantum distances with light. Thanks to laser technology it is possible to measure distances using light, but even at small scales light fails to detect changes. Now in ...

Targeting a molecule involved in the activation and movement of white blood cells could prevent the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), University of Adelaide researchers have found. The scientists focused on a molecule known as PI3Kgamma (PI3K) and have shown ...

Race Discrimination Commissioner Helen Szoke has released principles to promote and protect the human rights of international students at the Australian International Education Conference, calling on organisations working with overseas students to ensure basic human rights are protected. “These principles ...

Australia should establish a federated space agency with countries in the southern hemisphere to maximise the commercial return from our space research and technology, RMIT Associate Professor Lachlan Thompson says. Thompson told the 12th Australian Space Science Conference that a ...

We’ve got lots of students wanting to do gaming design and no one wanting to do IT or computing now, but we’ve got thousands of jobs in IT and computing, and about three in game design and lots of graduates.” ...