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Life and Physical Sciences

Fast-acting mothers' milk for healthier babies

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Human breastmilk responds quickly to protect the child when there is an infection in mothers or babies, according to new international research led by The University of Western Australia.

Photo:  DEC - Juvenile cane toad

Cane toad or native frog? App prevents mistaken identity

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Travelling around the top end of Australia, would you be able to tell the difference between a poisonous cane toad and a bumpy rocket frog or a giant frog? - They look similar but sound quite different.  A new mobile app developed by The University of Western Australia aims to help save those native frogs that so often become the victim of mistaken identity.

Dr Louise Naylor

High-intensity videogaming good for kids' health: study

Friday, 17 May 2013

High-intensity active video games are good for children's health, according to a team of researchers from The University of Western Australia.

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Teaching Fellowship Award to enhance the student laboratory experience

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Peter Arthur and Martha Ludwig, Associate Professors at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry have been granted a UWA 2013 Teaching Fellowship Award for their project "Enhancing and Expanding the Laboratory Modules in Contemporary Technologies Program".

Winthrop Professor Harvey Millar

First Australian win for US plant biology award

Monday, 15 April 2013

The University of Western Australia's internationally recognised plant scientist Winthrop Professor Harvey Millar has become the first Australian to win a prestigious American award in its 40-year history.

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UWA chemistry postgraduate student selected to participate in the 2013 Nobel Laureate Meeting

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Vipul Agarwal, a chemistry PhD student at UWA, has been chosen as one of 8 Australian early career researchers from a highly competitive selection process to travel to Lindau in Germany to meet and learn from 37 Nobel Laureates.

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UWA Biochemistry Professor chosen as the 2013 Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society Lecturer

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Paul Attwood, Professor at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been nominated as The Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) /British Biochemical Society Lecturer for 2013.

Dr Mihwa Lee with her award

National Investigator Award for a young UWA biochemist

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Dr Mihwa Lee, an NHMRC Postdoctoral Training Fellow at the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been awarded the Lorne Proteins-British Biochemical Society Young Investigator Award at the 38th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function.

Impact craters may have been cradles of life

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Even comparatively small meteorite impact craters may have played a key role in the origin and evolution of early life on Earth, according to a researcher at The University of Western Australia.

Adjunct Professor Mark Jessell

New research fellow to boost WA mineral exploration

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

An international leader in structural geoscience has been awarded a Western Australia Research Fellowship, based at The University of Western Australia's Centre for Exploration Targeting.

Front: Mum Sonja Moors and son; Back: Cycle Study trainer Louise Smargiassi

Pregnant women pedal towards diabetes solution

Monday, 11 February 2013

Researchers from The University of Western Australia are looking for another 100 or more pregnant women to join a study investigating whether exercise can help prevent gestational diabetes.

Been cheating? It's written all over your face

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have found a kernel of truth in the idea that unfaithfulness can be judged just by looking at a stranger's face.

Golden snub-nosed monkeys

Scientist investigates human links to endangered Chinese monkeys

Monday, 5 November 2012

A Swiss primatologist who arrived at The University of Western Australia in April to work in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology probably won't mind too much if his students start ‘monkeying around' occasionally in class.

Scientists' role in swaying public opinion studied

Monday, 5 November 2012

Whatever their political persuasion, people are more likely to believe that global warming is caused by humans if they find out that most climate change scientists believe this is the case.

Great white shark

Shark brain link with humans may help hunt for repellent

Monday, 29 October 2012

Shark's brains share several common features with those of humans, scientists at The University of Western Australia have found, prompting a suggestion it may help researchers working to design a shark repellent.

Adjunct Professor Peter Cook

UWA abalone expert elected to world Aquaculture Council

Thursday, 11 October 2012

An adjunct Professor with The University of Western Australia has been appointed to an international body charged with transforming the rapidly growing aquaculture industry into a sustainable and socially responsible solution to the world food problem.

Felicity Sheedy-Ryan

UWA graduate crowned world duathlon champion

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Felicity Sheedy-Ryan has been crowned only the third Australian woman to win the ITU Duathlon World Championship in Nancy, France at the weekend.

Perth's top young minds present their research

Friday, 21 September 2012

Preserving nerve cells after traumatic injury and stroke, understanding why prolonged stretching reduces muscle force, and the relevance of time of day to memories are among the research topics to be presented by Perth's top young neuroscientists at The University of Western Australia next Thursday (27 September).

Gingin site

UWA bid to host southern sky's first full-scale gravity wave detector

Friday, 21 September 2012

A proposal co-sponsored by France and Italy to plan the Southern Hemisphere's first full-scale gravity wave observatory (GWO) near Gingin (80km north of Perth) will be discussed at a three-day international workshop "Physics for the Future" hosted by The University of Western Australia on September 27-29.

Professor Stephan Lewandowsky

Misinformation: why it sticks and how to fix it

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Childhood vaccines do not cause autism.  Barack Obama was born in the United States.  And global warming is confirmed by science, yet many people believe claims to the contrary.  A new study by researchers at The University of Western Australia explores why people continue to deny truths that can have a profound impact on politics, health and society in general.