A groundbreaking new study has shown how you can increase muscle growth while spending half the amount of the amount of time in the gym. The study, authored by Edith Cowan University professor Ken Nosaka, found that eccentric muscle contractions – the ...
More »‘I thought I was reaching the end’: NHMRC vows gender equality in grant funding
From 2023, the NHMRC will attribute equal numbers of funding grants to women, non-binary researchers and men, in order to address ‘systemic’ gender inequities. The new initiative was announced by health minister Mark Butler last week, and will see the ...
More »Curtin University’s NASA mission
Over the weekend, a team of Curtin University researchers were tasked by NASA to observe the Lucy' spacecraft as it passed close to Earth, with Western Australia being the best vantage point. Researchers from Curtin’s Desert Fireball Network headed to ...
More »QUT, ANU and RMIT join forces to grow plants on the Moon
An Australian native grass will be sent to the Moon by 2025 in a first step toward establishing sustainable life on the celestial body. The project led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researcher Lauren Fell in association with national ...
More »Monash researchers tackle hay fever
Melbourne researchers have discovered a life-changing pill that could help hay fever and thunderstorm asthma sufferers. The tablets – infused with tiny doses of grass pollens – have been found to provide long-term protection against allergic reactions, including thunderstorm asthma. ...
More »How undergraduate research can shape the future of academia: podcast
Undergraduate research students are an essential part of tomorrow’s academic workforce, but a lack of access to resources and overall recognition could hinder Australia’s future research output, an expert says. University of Sydney higher education scholar Dr Lilia Mantai says ...
More »Review of science research priorities announced
The Federal Government has launched a review of the National Science and Research Priorities saying the current list put into place in 2015 by the then coalition government is now outdated. The review will focus on establishing a new and ...
More »Why the staff to student ratio has no impact on student performance: opinion
We have argued for a number of years now that there is little if any relationship between quality teaching and learning and Staff to Student Ratios (SSR). Attempts to reduce the ratio is little more than a distraction. Student to ...
More »Researchers reveal AI could show how Covid-19 might evolve
Artificial intelligence could be used to explore how the Covid-19 virus might evolve, according to a team of international researchers. William Kelton, from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, has been involved in the ETH Zurich research, aimed at preparing for ...
More »NHMRC vows free access to research
A key federal government research body, the National Health and Medical Research Council, has struck a blow for open inquiry by requiring all scholarly work it funds to be freely available as soon as it is published. The new rule, ...
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