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 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.
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.
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.
2 Feb 2017 Jekyll and Hyde cells: their role in brain injury and disease revealed New research has shown how normally helpful brain cells can turn rogue and kill off other brain cells following injury or disease.
1 Feb 2017 A new way out of Australia’s education stalemate In the face of serious decline in Australia’s education performance, the Melbourne Graduate School of Education is leading the way with a forward-looking guide that proposes new, evidence-based directions for change in school-age education.