Media releases
Hundreds of students set out to make a difference in John Curtin Weekend
More than 300 Curtin University students will lend a hand to dozens of community projects across Western Australia over the…
Not even a global pandemic can stop poor hand hygiene, Curtin study finds
New Curtin research has identified that the average Australian only occasionally washed their hands properly during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite…
WA’s streaming pioneer to help inspire the next generation of start-ups
One of Australia’s greatest tech success stories will lend her expertise to Curtin University students in a bid to inspire…
New research to bring fibre optic technology to Australia’s resources sector
A Curtin research team will work to bring leading broadband fibre optic acoustic sensing technology to the Australian oil and…
Mauritius incident was world’s first major spill of Very Low Sulfur Fuel Oil
A year after bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground in an environmentally sensitive area off Mauritius, Curtin University-led research has…
BASF Kids’ Lab sparks passion for science in Kalgoorlie kids
BASF, the world’s leading chemical company is giving Kalgoorlie primary school students from Year 4 – 6 the opportunity to…
Study reveals threat of catastrophic supervolcano eruptions ever-present
Curtin scientists are part of an international research team that studied an ancient supervolcano in Indonesia and found such volcanoes…
Curtin team behind submariner endurance research named Eureka finalist
A team of Curtin researchers are finalists in the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes for their innovative research into strategies…
Tropical coral species at extreme risk from climate change, new study finds
New Curtin University research has found that the coral species living on the pristine reefs in Western Australia’s Kimberley and…
WA boldly goes where no West Aussie spacecraft has gone before
We have lift off – with the launch of Western Australia’s first homegrown spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Centre in…