13 Feb 2017 Memo to Australian kids: what exactly is it that you do around here? The University of Melbourne and Australia’s national broadcaster are teaming up to solve one of the biggest mysteries at the heart of family life: what chores do kids do around the home?
9 Feb 2017 Research reveals contaminated machines used in cardiac surgery cause infection in patients Melbourne researchers have used cutting-edge genomics technology to show a strain of a bacteria can be transmitted to patients from machines commonly used to regulate body temperature during cardiac surgery.
8 Feb 2017 Cosmetic surgery affects job satisfaction Many people who have cosmetic facial surgery feel better about their jobs when they return to work, according new University of Melbourne research.
8 Feb 2017 Cabbies’ health the focus of smartphone app trial A smartphone app will target taxi drivers’ ‘downtime’ waiting for their next passenger, to support them with tools and messages to improve their health.
8 Feb 2017 University of Melbourne celebrates Fulbright scholar The University of Melbourne is celebrating its new Fulbright scholar and welcoming two overseas awardees who have chosen to study at the University.
7 Feb 2017 Melbourne awarded up to $US19m for Intelligence research The University of Melbourne is one of four teams worldwide awarded a share of more than $US100 million in funding from the US Government’s Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), in what may be one of the largest-research efforts aimed at improving human reasoning.
6 Feb 2017 Predicting premmies: one simple test to revolutionise childbirth in Australia A simple bedside test for pregnant women to accurately predict early labour is under development at the University of Melbourne.
3 Feb 2017 Australian-first trial offers faster treatment for PTSD An Australian-first research program will help improve treatment for up to one million Australians with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
2 Feb 2017 Leadbeater's Possum faces extinction if logging continues Victoria’s faunal emblem the Leadbeater’s Possum and other species will become extinct within about 30 years unless clear-fell logging stops in Victoria’s Mountain Ash forests, new research based on 30 years of monitoring the forests has found.
2 Feb 2017 Revolutionary device will show the way forward for the blind Daily life for blind and vision-impaired people will be dramatically improved following the development by University of Melbourne researchers of a prototype of an electronic device to help them avoid non-protruding obstacles.