With food security and sustainable food production an increasingly pressing concern for a booming global population, agricultural experts from The University of Western Australia have teamed up with their Chinese counterparts at Lanzhou University to step up research into dryland agricultural production....[Read more]
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....[Read more]
An animal biologist from The University of Western Australia is among a large team of international researchers biting their fingernails as they wait to learn whether their bid to impregnate a rare giant panda in Scotland has paid off....[Read more]
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....[Read more]
Strawberries are one of the most economically important berry crops in the world, and a high value export crop for the Australian horticultural industry....[Read more]
Scientists have discovered how to measure greenhouse gases 200,000 times faster as the result research by an award-winning PhD student from The University of Western Australia and a US team.
Every year millions of birds make heroic migratory journeys across oceans and continents guided by the Earth's magnetic field. How they detect those magnetic fields has puzzled scientists for decades.
The importance of science to Australia's future and its place in the world will be the subject of a free public lecture next month by Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Ian Chubb.
An Indigenous doctor inspired to pursue her medical career after attending University of Western Australia workshops as a high school student will join other Indigenous leaders to ignite the dreams of a new generation at a Leadership Seminar run by the University's School of Indigenous Studies (SIS).
A series of ‘crowns' that explores human identity has won its creator the $35,000 annual Dr Harold Schenberg Art Prize awarded through The University of Western Australia.
Three newly discovered molecules may be important in treating breast and prostate cancers, according to a team of researchers from The University of Western Australia who are interested in the strong link between hormones and cancer.
Instead of anti-depressants, cognitive behavioural therapy, relaxation and biofeedback may be helpful in treating patients who have depressive symptoms as well as back pain, according to a researcher at the University of Western Australia.
The University of Western Australia will take action against the editors of the PROSH student newspaper over an article this week that mocked Indigenous people and caused widespread community offence.
Evidence of an extreme cosmic event involving the death of super-giant stars hundreds of times bigger than the Sun has been discovered by an international research team, including astronomers from The University of Western Australia.
200Pix.JPG "Jodi Eatt demonstrates medical skills while studying at UWA")
200pixFINAL.JPG "Associate Professor Andrew Redfern centre front and his colleagues")
