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New research shows an unhealthy diet shrinks the brain. A study from Deakin University and the Australian National University suggests older people with unhealthy diets have smaller hippocampi – the part of the brain believed to be integral for learning, ...

Without significant investment, Australia may lose the international race to build a quantum computer – a global research leader has warned. Professor Michelle Simmons, director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, said while ...

James Cook University researchers have played a role in a discovery that may alter the known history of humankind. JCU’s professor Paul Dirks and Dr Eric Roberts were part of an international team that discovered Homo naledi – an extinct, ...

Western Sydney University has announced a $500,000 scholarship fund to assist refugees, with plans to raise $12 million through a fundraising campaign. The scholarships are valued at $7500 a year and are to be used for study and living expenses. ...

Staunch opponent of fee deregulation professor Stephen Parker is stepping down as vice-chancellor and president of the University of Canberra. Parker will step down in July next year, after leading UC for nine years, to spend more time with family and to ...

Scientists from the Australian National University and University of Aberdeen have discovered the world’s longest known continental chain of volcanoes. Named the Cosgrove hotspot track, this chain runs 2000 kilometres from North Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands to central Victoria, and was ...