Media releases
It’s red, it’s blue: new colour boosts forensic fingerprint detection
Forensic investigators may soon be able to use a new, more effective and low-cost method of detecting latent (invisible) fingerprints,…
Art and the stars unite in the Murchison
Ancient stories about the stars will inspire an international touring exhibition of astronomically-themed artworks created by Indigenous Australian and South…
Resource industry boosted by national research collaboration
The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Federal Minister for Industry, today launched the National Resource Sciences Precinct (NRSP), a CSIRO, Curtin…
New $100 million grains research centre at Curtin to lift farm productivity
The Hon Barnaby Joyce, Federal Minister for Agriculture, today launched the $100 million Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM)…
Curtin transforms derelict Indian village site into educational playground
Twenty students from Curtin University’s School of Built Environment recently returned to a northern Indian village to design and build…
Curtin research shows changing patterns in deadly mosquito-borne disease
Curtin University research has revealed changing infection patterns for potentially deadly Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus (MVEV) and suggested a refined…
Curtin partners with Kalyx to develop agriculture’s future
Curtin University has celebrated a new partnership with Kalyx Australia, with the successful establishment of a work placement program for…
Ancient DNA shows moa were fine until humans arrived
A study by Curtin University researchers and colleagues from Denmark and New Zealand strengthens the case for human involvement in…
Worrying number of people don’t know why breastfeeding is important
Research from Curtin University has discovered a concerning amount of people, especially men, acknowledge that breastfeeding is important to a…
Four new John Curtin Distinguished Professors announced
Curtin University has awarded four outstanding academics the prestigious title of John Curtin Distinguished Professor. Curtin University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah…