A new report is calling for urgent action to tackle the risks to human health posed by climate change. The report, written by Australian researchers and partner institutions of the 2019 MJA–Lancet Countdown report, was published today in the Medical Journal ...

A new study led by Dr Jon Brodie from the ARC Centre for Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University is deeply concerned that harmful insecticides, including Imidacloprid, are damaging some of Australia’s most pristine and biodiverse waterways. ...

Researchers at Monash University have discovered a potential link between the way individuals walk and their likelihood of developing dementia. To put it more scientifically, the researchers were investigating “whether variability from one step to the next during walking, and ...

Australia’s first student-built driverless race car was featured at this week’s International Driverless Vehicle Summit (IDVS4) at Olympic Park in Sydney. Designed and built by the Monash Motorsport team, the M19-D has been three years in the making and made ...

Last week, RMIT’s Centre for Innovative Justice (CIJ) launched the restorative justice service Open Circle, bringing a more nuanced, person-centred mechanism to address the unique needs of people impacted by crime. The Victorian-based service will offer conferencing services to victims, ...

Ever tried to play chasey in a skirt? The thing flaps and billows like a clumsy tornado about your knees. If you’re serious about not getting tagged, nine times out of 10, undergarments will be exposed. Pride will be lost. ...

Without engineering, nothing improves in the world. Through creativity, collaboration and determination, engineers design solutions to problems and even anticipate the problems of the future. That’s why annual events such as RMIT’s EnGenius are so important: they showcase what humanity can ...

Last week we celebrated the Prime Minister’s Award for Science, an important time to acknowledge Australian scientific work that has promising applications or has changed the world. And this year, women took out the majority of the awards. This year’s ...

Dr Sara James is a lecturer and cultural sociologist at La Trobe University in Melbourne and has completed research on the factors that influence students’ degree and course choices. As James’ work has found, one of the key factors influencing ...

“Lucrative” research partnerships between Australian universities and China are not only endangering academic autonomy but are also presenting a threat to our national security, according to a policy analyst interviewed on ABC TV’s 4 Corners program. “It’s clearly not in ...