A vaccine developed by academics from the University of Oxford has been shown to induce an immune response, prompting the UK government to order 100 million doses. The vaccine provoked a T cell response within 14 days of vaccination (white ...

The University of Adelaide is on the hunt for a new vice-chancellor after Professor Peter Rathjen officially resigned from the position due to ill health, following a leave of absence. In one of her first duties as chancellor – after ...

While COVID-19 is at the forefront of everyone’s mind right now, it’s easy to forget that malaria is still a global killer with no effective vaccine. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, in 2018 there were an estimated 228 ...

A University of Queensland partnership between public and not-for-profit agencies has been given the green light to deploy a strategy that hopes to end the scourge of homelessness in Brisbane. However, as two UQ researchers in charge of the project ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, I thought the global lockdown would be a chance for academics to kick back and to lie down and think of England. I was wrong. The lockdown, instead, has unleashed a torrent of ...

New Zealand scientists believe they've invented a warning system to predict volcanic eruptions that may prevent future tragedies such as the blast that killed 21 people on White Island last year. University of Auckland academics David Dempsey and Shane Cronin ...

Who would have thought that emojis, conceived over 20 years ago and called emoticons, would become a useful part of helping students accept online feedback and motivate them in these times of remote learning? But RMIT psychology lecturer Robyn Moffitt ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the more positive predictions was it could provide couples with an opportunity to spend more time together, resulting in a baby boom akin to the post-war years. But according to a piece written for ...

Monash University has announced it will cut 277 jobs by the end of the year, just days after UNSW revealed that it would slash just under 500 full-time staff. In a statement, Monash said it was projecting a $350m revenue ...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic New South Wales received a lot of flak for seeming unwilling to help international students in the state, many of whom are now stranded. However, the NSW government is now introducing $20 million in concrete ...