Media releases
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’s Agribusiness bounces back
Enrolment numbers into Curtin University’s Bachelor of Agribusiness have increased by more than 50 per cent in 2013, demonstrating 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…
Curtin research uncovers tumour-killing protein
A researcher from Curtin University has discovered a protein that kills brain tumour stem cells and prevents them from regenerating,…
Curtin mum scores more than a PASS at national awards
A mother-of-six and Curtin University health sciences student has won an Australasian-wide leadership award as part of the international Peer…
Langoulant in Curtin strategic appointment
Prominent business leader John Langoulant has joined Curtin University in a strategic appointment that will see him providing advice to…
World’s oldest known cholesterol found in the Western Kimberley
Curtin University researchers have found sterols, including cholesterol, coexisting with their fossilised counterparts (geomolecules) in a 380-million-year-old crab-like fossil from…
John Curtin Medals honour humanitarian efforts
The “Rosa Parks” of Western Australia’s Indigenous rights movement and a surgeon with an inspiring commitment to international aid were…
Curtin appoints new Vice-Chancellor
The Council of Curtin University has appointed Professor Deborah Terry as its next Vice-Chancellor, commencing in February 2014. Originally from…
Botswana finds a home at Curtin
Curtin University has added a new dimension to its already strong international links by becoming the only Western Australian university…