Research
Awards recognise positive action on alcohol
Western Australia’s first Action on Alcohol Awards, organised by the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth (MCAAY), were…
Work towards largest telescope awarded: Return on astronomy investment begins
The international Square Kilometre Array (SKA) office awarded contracts to prepare for the world’s largest radio telescope yesterday, marking the…
Blind people in hospital more often and for longer
Curtin University researchers have found legally blind people attend and stay in hospital more than twice as long as the…
Curtin develops online treatment for young people with OCD
Young people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) now have access to online treatment to assist them to overcome the anxiety disorder.…
Five Curtin finalists in prestigious WA Science Awards
Curtin University has five of the 17 finalists in the Western Australian Science Awards, including two of the four finalists…
WA Science Awards names five finalists from Curtin
Four Curtin academics and one PhD candidate are finalists across three categories in the WA Science Awards. Professor Igor Bray,…
Calls for government to control food labels
Curtin University researchers have found an overwhelming majority of Western Australians support government regulation of food labels and advertising. Dr…
Similar global warming conditions associated with two mass extinctions
Researchers have discovered two of Earth’s ancient mass extinctions wiped out life on the planet in a similar way to…
Gravitational waves help understand black-hole weight gain
Supermassive black holes: every large galaxy has one. But here’s a real conundrum: how did they grow so big? A…
Curtin vaccine to show whooping cough who nose best
Curtin University researchers will develop a new whooping cough vaccine which promises to have fewer side effects, be more effective…