Researchers from the University of NSW have developed a biosecurity program they say could have prevented COVID-19 and believe it will be instrumental in thwarting future pandemics. UNSW’s head of biosecurity research, Raina MacIntyre, has spearheaded an intelligence program called Epiwatch that ...

Companies, universities and other organisations are banding together in a bid to accelerate the development of hydrogen energy in Australia. National Energy Resources Australia said $1.85 million is being invested in a network of 13 hydrogen technology clusters across all states and ...

A Singapore-based EdTech start-up has combined five of the world’s most influential world university rankings into a single measure.   AppliedHE’s Rankometer: World University Rankings combines the world rankings published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, Times Higher Education, Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, ...

Labor leader Anthony Albanese has overhauled his frontbench in a pre-election shake-up. Albanese said the reshuffle would best place Labor to win the next election, widely tipped to be held this year. “This is the strongest team to form an ...

Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Switzerland are home to some of the most international universities in the world. That’s according to the newest edition of a Times Higher Education ranking, based on data collected from its World University ...

UNSW will be under new leadership in 2022, after its vice-chancellor announced he will step down from the role. After seven years at the helm, professor Ian Jacobs made the “difficult and emotional” decision to resign so he and partner ...

‘I’m fine.’ It’s the slurred catchcry of many a drunk person and new research has explored the tendency to underestimate levels of intoxication. Researchers interviewed 388 students outside three concerts at the University of Otago during Orientation Week festivities. They ...

Children born to parents who met online will be the majority within the next 18 years. With the future of dating shifting online, researchers are predicting a rapid rise in “ebabies” – infants born to parents who met via dating ...

Professor Brian Schmidt from ANU has told a summit of world leaders the COVID-19 pandemic offers a “once-in-a-generation” chance to reset industry and the economy as we face an even bigger fight – climate change. The ANU VC and president ...

Aussies appear to be becoming less likely to vaccinate against COVID-19, although researchers say that will change as positive data about inoculations emerge. A University of Western Australia survey in May 2020 showed 65 per cent of Aussies would get a ...