The surprising physical beauty of world-class pathology testing is this week being showcased in an exhibition of still photographs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as part of National Science Week.

A young researcher from The University of Western Australia is building up a collection of Indigenous artists for inclusion in Black Words: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writers and Storytellers and is keen to hear from poets, authors, playwrights and yarners from around the State so he can help promote their work.

Some of Australia’s best farming research was on display at the recent Institute of Agriculture’s Frontiers in Agriculture Postgraduate Showcase 2009.

Seagrass meadows have joined the endangered list of ecosystems, along with tropical rainforests, coral reefs and mangroves.

UWA researchers have been investigating the link between schizophrenia and criminal offending in a bid to provide data to counter or temper popular misconceptions.

A routine clinical system for monitoring cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in mental health patients is being developed with a view to reducing their high risk.

A WA-led international team of researchers has made an important discovery about geological processes that were active in the early Earth, more than 2.7 billion years ago.

The inaugural recipient of the WIRF BMedSc scholarship in honour of Professor Gordon King is undertaking research into pre-term birth at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women.

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The West Australian

Winthrop Professor David Mackey, the new Managing Director of the Lions Eye Institute, is QAS both environmental and genetic factors appear to play a role in short and long sightedness. He was commenting on NSW research which found the amount of time spent outdoors protected people from becoming short-sighted.“So if someone is inside studying all the time then they won’t spend much time outdoors, so if we can identify children who might be at risk of that happening, we might be able to intervene and suggest that Johnny might need to be sent outside more often,” Professor Mackey said.