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

A postgraduate student and lecturer in mechanical engineering at The University of Western Australia has won a prestigious national scholarship.

Associate Professor Eugene Ivanov, a physicist from The University of Western Australia, has won a major American Physical Society award for his work on measurement.

The University of Western Australia (UWA) and its Institute of Agriculture continue to play an important role expanding the capacity of Iraqi agriculture and reducing the country's dependence on imported food by training Iraq's brightest and best graduate agriculture students.

An international research team that includes The University of Western Australia has released details of a breakthrough which holds promise of a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an incurable muscle-wasting disease.

Researchers at The University of Western Australia are investigating whether tea tree oil can prevent the development of potentially disastrous antibiotic resistance.

UWA Vice-Chancellor Professor Alan Robson has been appointed to an expert committee advising the Federal Government on scientific priorities for a multi-million national endowment fund.

How much Australia's next economic boom will affect the sustainability of Perth and other Australian cities will be discussed at a major national conference to be held at The University of Western Australia next month.

Literacy, science and the impact of emotion on child development and learning are some of the issues to be discussed at the Early Years Forum at The University of Western Australia on this Friday 23 October.