University News

A team from The University of Western Australia, in partnership with industry group Better Bees of Western Australia, has secured $800,000 to study male fertility in honey and feral bees.

An ambitious research program will be launched tomorrow focused on engaging community action by delivering up-to-date information on the health of the Swan-Canning River Basin to every West Australian with the click of a button.

A consortium led by The University of Western Australia and Murdoch University will install Perth's first Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations in early 2010 as part of a research project which has been awarded $229,000 funding under the Australian Research Council's Linkage grant scheme.

The high number of Indigenous children suffering middle ear infections will continue to rise unless urgent action is taken to tackle overcrowding, provide appropriate housing and water supply, adequate access to medical care and education on the issue for parents, according to eminent West Australian paediatric ear, nose and throat specialist Professor Harvey Coates.

Research at The University of Western Australia into the role of family history in preventing certain cancers, heart disease and diabetes is among dozens of UWA projects awarded National Health and Medical Research Council funding.

University of Western Australia's Winthrop Professor, Grady Venville has won an Australian Research Council grant of $334,000 over three years to investigate how to improve high schools students' achievement in science classes.

World-class research at The University of Western Australia was significantly boosted today with the Federal Government announcing more than $19.5 million for research projects at the University.

The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) WA Branch invites applications for vacation scholarships for research projects in the area of human genetics for a period of between six and eight weeks during the 2009/10 summer vacation.

A team of researchers from The University of Western Australia, Kings Park and Botanic Garden (KPBG) and the Australian National University is racing the clock to save an orchid unique to Western Australia's south-west.

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have dominated the list of finalists for this year's Western Australian Science Awards.