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PICSE Science Investigation Awards

Friday, 13 November 2009

The Science Investigation Awards are a new initiative in the PICSE-UWA project, and will be held in the Undercroft of Winthrop Hall on Monday, 16th November 2009.

UWA's Geothermal Proof of Concept Project

Thursday, 29 October 2009

UWA and Chinese universities hatch plans for collaboration

Monday, 24 August 2009

Thirteen Deans from six agricultural universities around China will be at The University of Western Australia for a three-day workshop on agricultural research and education from tomorrow.

2009 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes

Thursday, 20 August 2009

Developed by team members from three different organisations, INFFER is the winner of this year's Australian Research Council Eureka Prize for Excellence in Research by an Interdisciplinary Team.

Climate change's effect on ocean-based industries examined

Thursday, 13 August 2009

The effect of climate change on large ocean-based North West Shelf industries, such as coastal engineering and fisheries, will be the focus of a symposium to be held at The University of Western Australia.

Research improves our food sources

Thursday, 13 August 2009

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

A third of seagrass gone

Thursday, 13 August 2009

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

Earths tectonic time scale

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

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.

UWA in Albany hosts integrated water management students

Monday, 10 August 2009

The Great Southern Development Commission welcomed twenty-five postgraduate students to the Great Southern last Friday. The students, from Africa, Europe, South Asia, the USA and Australia, are currently visiting the UWA Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management in Albany, to undertake a two week program studying water issues in the Great Southern as part of the International WaterCentre’s Master of Integrated Water Management Program.

Is bioenergy a viable option?

Friday, 7 August 2009

The question of whether bioenergy is a viable option will be discussed at The University of Western Australia next week.

The perfect synergy of industry, Government and academia in mineral exploration

Friday, 7 August 2009

The University of Western Australia-based Centre for Exploration Targeting (CET) will showcase university research and its impact on mineral exploration during a symposium next week.

Ignore vital pollinators at our peril, urges Kings Park professor

Friday, 31 July 2009

Photo courtesy of Barbara Knott

The lack of knowledge about the importance of pollination in restoring native ecosystems is threatening the successful restoration of global biodiversity hotspots, according to Professor Kingsley Dixon, of The University of Western Australia.

Ancient history to underpin ecology restorations

Friday, 31 July 2009

A restoration ecology professor from The University of Western Australia is using historians' techniques to help assess degraded or damaged landscapes.

Research isolates sandalwood oil gene

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

The discovery of a gene responsible for the production of sandalwood oil has been hailed as the catalyst for wide-ranging and significant new opportunities for Western Australia's ever-growing sandalwood industry.

UWA Institute of Agriculture postgraduates explore new agricultural frontiers

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Australia's brightest and best agricultural research was recently on display at the ‘Frontiers in Agriculture Postgraduate Showcase 2009' at The University of Western Australia (UWA), Institute of Agriculture (IOA).

Symposium aims to make research relevant to farmers

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Farmers in WA could benefit as a result of a symposium "Understanding Practice Change by Rural Landholders" to be held at The University of Western Australia next week.

UWA academics awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships

Monday, 22 June 2009

Two researchers from The University of Western Australia - one who co-developed the world's most precise clock and the other, dedicated to finding ways of repairing ecosystems - have been awarded Australia's most prestigious research fellowships.

Professor Mike Tobar, internationally-renowned for his studies of measurement, and Professor Richard Hobbs, a world leader in restoration ecology, are two of 15 national Australian Laureate Fellowships winners, announced today by Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.

Researchers funded $833,000 to future-proof table grape industry

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

Researchers at The University of Western Australia will conduct a $833,000 project aimed at future-proofing the State's $24 million table grape industry. 

The research will investigate the impact of climate on the development cycle of table grapes and other temperate crops in WA.  The $583,000 funding from the Australian Research Council's Linkage Project was matched by $250,000 from research partners the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) and the Gascoyne Table Grape Growers Association.

WA farmers benefit from UWA winning students' work

Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Western Australian farmers are likely to benefit from the research of two award-winning PhD students from The University of Western Australia, Megan Chadwick and Weihua Chen.

They have won travelling fellowships honouring the former Director General of the Department of Agriculture, Dr Mike Carroll. The scholarships will enable them to enrich their postgraduate studies with overseas and interstate study tours.


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