Research
First graduate blazes trail for future public sector leaders
C292/08 4 November 2008 Curtin University of Technology student Alan Barrett has become the University’s first Executive Master of Public…
Curtin’s aluminium research proves its mettle
C286/08 At a time when research budgets are being slashed due to the global economic downturn research into the future…
Curtin winning invention tackles chronic pain
C282/08 23 October 2008 Curtin University of Technology has won a 2008 WA Inventor of Year Award (Early Stage category)…
Curtin research addresses obesity in young adults
C246/08 5 September 2008 Curtin University of Technology researchers have developed a unique web-based Tailored Obesity Prevention Program (TOPP) specifically…
Underground microbes eat into oil reserves
C248/08 8 September 2008 Research paper published online in prestigious Nature Geoscience Journal The discovery of live anaerobic bacteria in…
Vision impaired to be counted
C243/08 3 September 2008 WA researchers have embarked on a groundbreaking study to accurately calculate the number of people with…
‘Hopping Hotspots’ explain the cycle of planet life
C241/08 2 September 2008 Published in Science Slamming tectonic plates beneath the Earth’s oceans have been linked to global explosions…
Curtin research produces innovative new whooping cough vaccine
C204/08 Whooping cough, a highly contagious disease that results in about 300,000 deaths a year worldwide and is the least…
Poverty key influence affecting long-term housing stability of Indigenous Western Australians
C203/08 16 July 2008 Latest Curtin University of Technology research has found that entrenched poverty is the strongest factor shaping…
New research to impact osteoporosis clinical practice
C183/08 24 June 2008 A new technique is being developed to measure the variation in bone density within spinal bones…