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13 Apr 2017

Teddy Bear hospital opens doors for free health advice

This Good Friday, more than 1200 medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, audiology, biomedical, science, speech pathology and social work students from the University of Melbourne will run a Teddy Bear Hospital (TBH) to raise funds for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeal.

13 Apr 2017

Chocolate gets all-clear from dermatologist: Seeking participants for acne treatment trial

As Easter looms, University of Melbourne researchers have good news on two fronts: eating chocolate does not cause pimples; and they‘re calling for participants for a trial of a new treatment for moderate or severe acne.

Image of the unique water tank replicating a rogue ocean wave.

13 Apr 2017

Unique water tank allows scientists to replicate rogue ocean waves

An international team of scientists have demonstrated how ocean winds can generate spontaneous rogue waves. This is the first step to predicting the potentially dangerous phenomena.

Graphic illustration of first primordial galaxy discovered.

11 Apr 2017

Primordial galaxy discovered is first of its kind

Years of meticulous observing have resulted in a cosmic discovery that comes from an era dating back 13.1 billion years, giving scientists a detailed glimpse of what may have happened just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

Image of hands holding small paper cut out of a family.

10 Apr 2017

Launch of new centre set to create safer communities for women and children

Australia’s first and only Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) to promote safer families will lead research into the health effects of intimate partner violence on individuals and families, and how the health sector can respond.

6 Apr 2017

Australian medicinal cannabis research and industry get funding boost

University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant to enhance production of cannabis for medicinal uses.

4 Apr 2017

Melbourne welcomes expanded support for BVT

The University of Melbourne has welcomed today’s announcement of a new $US18 million investment in Bionic Vision Technologies (BVT), the commercialisation company of the former Bionic Vision Australia (BVA).

Image of Professor Marcia Langton, Dr Rebecca Coates, Belinda Briggs and Mary Robb.

4 Apr 2017

SAM announces learning partnership with University of Melbourne

Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) is pleased to announce a new learning partnership with the University of Melbourne.

Image of Acting Chair of Climate-KIC Australia, Mary Ritter, speaking at the launch.

4 Apr 2017

Climate knowledge and innovation community launched in Australia

The University of Melbourne has announced its founding partnership of the Climate Knowledge and Innovation Community of Australia, a public-private innovation partnership designed to facilitate economic solutions for climate mitigation and adaptation.

31 Mar 2017

Every breath you take: call for improved monitoring for coal workers

Researchers and clinicians are calling on the mining industry and governments to create better regulations in the interest of the health of coal miners.