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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
31 Mar 2017 Marcia Langton appointed Associate Provost One of Australia’s most respected Indigenous academics, Professor Marcia Langton, has been appointed as the first Associate Provost at the University of Melbourne.
30 Mar 2017 University of Melbourne announces Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Program Director Jason Glanville, the former inaugural Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence, has been appointed the foundation Program Director for the Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity.