University of Western Australia (UWA)

The University of Western Australia (UWA) was established by an act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913.

How to reduce clinical autism diagnosis of babies by two-thirds using therapy that boosts social development

Revolutionizing the future of metal mining with a new “key-hole surgery” technique to extract metals from the earth

Can activation of a distinct genetic pathway slow the progress of metastatic breast cancer?

The robots are coming for invasive species

Researchers from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and University of Western Australia report robotic fish predators can quickly stress invasive fish species to curb reproduction. Invasive species control is notoriously challenging, especially in lakes and rivers where native fish and other wildlife have limited options for escape. In his laboratory’s latest foray into using biomimetic

The robots are coming for invasive species

An artificial womb to save extremely premature babies

A major advancement in pioneering technology based around the use of an artificial womb to save extremely premature babies is being hailed as a medical and biotechnological breakthrough. Recently published in the medical publication, The American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the study presents world-first data demonstrating the ability of an artificial placenta-based life support

An artificial womb to save extremely premature babies

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but now catch only a third per kilometre travelled

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but catch only a third of what they did 65 years ago per kilometre travelled, a new study has found. Researchers from from the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of Western Australia and the University of British Columbia mapped the growth

Industrial fishing fleets have doubled the distance they travel to fishing grounds since 1950 but now catch only a third per kilometre travelled

Engineering students aim to generate first breathable air on Mars

A project by students from The University of Western Australia and Mars One astronaut candidate Josh Richards has reached the finals of an international competition to land vital experiments on the Red Planet. The Helena Payload project, which aims to generate the first breathable air on Mars, is one of 10 finalists in the Mars

Engineering students aim to generate first breathable air on Mars

New wireless network to revolutionise soil testing

A University of Southampton researcher has helped to develop a wireless network of sensors that is set to revolutionise soil-based salinity measuring. Dr Nick Harris, from Electronics and Electrical Engineering, worked with a group of professors from the University of Western Australia (UWA) to produce the revolutionary sensor that can carry out non-destructive testing of

New wireless network to revolutionise soil testing

Plants Employed As Sensing Devices

Plants have amazing and significant sensing capabilities. For instance, each single root apex can simultaneously and continuously monitor many chemical and physical parameters. Natural organisms, including human beings, have often inspired works of science and science fiction on how to augment their abilities or interface them with machines. As a remarkable example, electroencephalography (EEG) enables

Plants Employed As Sensing Devices

Breakthrough discovery could result in fragrant golden harvest

A foundation for the production of sandalwood oil by means of metabolic engineering Sandalwood oil – the ‘golden harvest’ – is one of the world’s most valuable essential oils, but increased demand has caused natural populations of sandalwood trees to diminish over the past century through harvesting, grazing animals and disease. Plantations of several sandalwood

Breakthrough discovery could result in fragrant golden harvest

New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming (“Exergaming”) to Improve Children’s Health

Active console video games that track player movement to control the game Levels of physical inactivity and obesity are very high in children, with fewer than 50% of primary school-aged boys and fewer than 28% of girls meeting the minimum levels of physical activity required to maintain health. Exergaming, using active console video games that

New Study Recommends Using Active Videogaming (“Exergaming”) to Improve Children’s Health

Diss Information: Is There a Way to Stop Popular Falsehoods from Morphing into “Facts”?

False information is pervasive and difficult to eradicate, but scientists are developing new strategies such as “de-biasing,” a method that focuses on facts, to help spread the truth A recurring red herring in the current presidential campaign is the verity of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. Although the president has made this document public, and

Diss Information: Is There a Way to Stop Popular Falsehoods from Morphing into “Facts”?

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University of Western Australia: New modelling highlights need to vaccinate younger kids to contain Delta
COVID-19 disease modelling experts at The University of Western Australia have found vaccinating children aged five to 11 years would reduce the number of cases, hospitalisations and deaths from ...
University of Western Australia: Music brings people together for Mental Health Week
The University of Western Australia, with the support of John Curtin College of the Arts and the Spirit of the Streets Choir, is once again proud to be part of Mental Health Week, which runs from ...
Kristin Naragon-Gainey
The University of Western Australia Profile Articles Activity Dr. Kristin Gainey is an Associate Professor at the School of Psychological Science at UWA, where she directs the Emotional Wellbeing Lab.
Western Australia and INTO partner on pathways
Pathway provider INTO University Partnerships will establish a college at the University of Western Australia’s Perth campus. UWA College students will benefit from Perth’s position as Western ...
Fast-forward breeding and rapid delivery systems for food security
The University ... by The UWA Institute of Agriculture and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and attended by research institutions from Australia ...

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The TGA could soon relax rules on psychedelics. Here are the ASX stocks that could benefit
Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback, and ASX cannabis stocks that are in the psychedelic space could benefit.
Feature: Aussie Nobel Prize winner has his mind on China
His enquiring mind has taken him from his boyhood in the outback Western Australian city of Kalgoorlie in the 1950s to the professorship of the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of ...
Rainforests of the Sea: Why Kelp Could Help Save the Planet
These are kelp forests – one of Earth’s most beneficial ecosystems. Kelps are a type of seaweed, or macroalgae, made up of roughly 33 genera and 112 species — though there remains some disagreement ...
Coffee with Samso: How Blackstone Minerals is preparing for the real impact of ESG
Bachelor of Education/Arts from the University of QLD ... and gold in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Blackstone Minerals has a board and management team with a proven track record of mineral ...
Emyria makes strides in MDMA analogue screening program with preliminary analysis
developed in conjunction with the University of Western Australia (UWA). The purity checks were conducted using nuclear-magnetic resonance spectroscopy, while further confirmation was provided ...