Launch of the Ben Beale Laboratory delivers fitting legacy
The family of much-loved Perth businessman Ben Beale and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute are proud to announce the launch of a laboratory named in his honour.
Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis
Many international students at the University of Copenhagen have struggled with isolation, loneliness and anxiety during lockdown in Denmark...
After a year of digital learning and virtual teaching, let’s hear it for real...
Can children develop a love of reading by sitting alone with an e-book? In a new article on The Conversation, Associate Professor Kathryn MacCallum argues that real books are more engaging.
Students aim for world speed record in custom-built electric car
In a New Zealand first, University of Canterbury Engineering students inspired by legendary Kiwi racer Burt Munro are taking on a world land-speed record in a rocket-shaped electric car they’ve designed and built.
Discovery of a new drug for diabetic retinopathy
A potentially effective treatment for diabetic retinopathy, a disease that swells and scars the retina, has been developed by an Université de Montréal scientist and...
Students to kick off academic year with Campus Fest
Thousands of students will experience their first taste of campus life when the University of Wollongong’s (UOW) Orientation Week kicks off next week (Monday, 21 February).
Mechanical engineering alumni win National James Dyson Award
Four McMaster Faculty of Engineering graduates have won the 2022 Canadian James Dyson Award, a design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers.
Radio astronomers discover 8 new millisecond pulsars
A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within the dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters'', using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope.
Applications open for 2021 Lemann Brazil Research Fund
The Office of the Vice Provost for Research is pleased to announce the opening of applications to the Lemann Brazil Research Fund.
Australia-bound asteroid sample may reveal life’s origins
A Japanese space mission will deliver samples collected from asteroid Ryugu in a capsule to the outback desert of Woomera in South Australia this Sunday morning.