Research
A healthy hand: the researchers providing solutions to public health problems
We live in an age where we’ve never had more access to information about our health. We are flooded with…
Curtin researcher named WA Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year 2017
Curtin University researcher Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker has been named Western Australian Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year at the…
Curtin research wins top prize at 2017 Innovator of the Year awards
Curtin University was named Overall Winner of the 2017 Mitsubishi Corporation WA Innovator of the Year awards, for research aimed…
Moving Forward 50.3 celebration event: “The Innovation Blueprint- Sustaining Business in the Digital Era”
In October, the Luxury Branding Research Cluster (LBRC) invited academics, industry and students to attend the “Moving Forward 50.3” celebration event.…
Do computers make better bank managers than humans?
You may have heard that algorithms will take over the world. But how are they operating right now? We take…
Carbon Scout: worth far more than its weight in gold
Gold is a valuable but relatively unreactive metal, so separating it from ore requires some fairly unusual chemistry and a…
Unhealthy links to Australia’s top food companies
Australia’s top 10 food companies either own or are connected to hundreds of different products, ranging from healthy to unhealthy…
From Youtube to TV and back again
In the era of social media, what impact does being ‘internet famous’ really have on kids? The internet loves videos…
Study measures quality of life impact from palliative care for mesothelioma
Patients diagnosed with a rare and aggressive type of lung cancer called malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) do not have an…
Research suggests how Jurassic ichthyosaurs adapted to low oxygen levels
The presence of well-preserved biological material found in an Early Jurassic ichthyosaur vertebra suggests that fossils preserved through carbonate concretion…