Environment
No bones about it: 100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur
New Curtin University-led research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilised bones discovered in western Queensland as belonging to a newly identified species…
Fresh findings: earliest evidence of life-bringing fresh water on Earth
New Curtin-led research has found evidence that fresh water on Earth, which is essential for life, appeared about four billion…
No bull: How creating less-gassy cows could help fight climate change
A Curtin University study has revealed breeding less-flatulent cows and restoring agricultural land could significantly reduce rising methane emission levels,…
Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils
Curtin-led research has for the first time precisely dated some of the oldest fossils of complex multicellular life in the…
Curtin researcher crowned Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year
Curtin University geoscientist Dr Hugo Olierook from the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the John de Laeter Centre…
Historic MWA milestone reached as we go ‘back to the future’ in the cosmos
A world-class telescope in outback Western Australia is on the verge of unlocking more secrets from the start of the…
Curtin’s stars recognised among the State’s finest
Six leading Curtin researchers and two of the University’s powerful science engagement programs have been named finalists in the 2023…
New research dates the formation of Earth’s continents
Researchers at Curtin University have established a new framework for dating the Earth’s evolution including the formations of continents and…
Leading soil ecologist appointed new Head of School at Curtin
An internationally recognised microbial ecologist has been appointed the new Head of the School of Molecular and Life Sciences at…
95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur skull first of its kind in Australia
A Curtin University-led research team has analysed Australia’s first nearly complete sauropod dinosaur skull found in Queensland, Australia, gaining a…