22 Sep 2016 Saving nutrients the whey to go It takes four kilograms of milk to make just one kilogram of Greek yogurt, which means a lot of natural nutrients from milk are not readily being captured, and Australians consume a lot of Greek yogurt.
22 Sep 2016 Joint Australia-China research centre to accelerate cancer treatment discoveries The University of Melbourne has been announced as one of the foundation partners in a new Translational Research Centre in Nanjing that will enable researchers and clinicians in Australia and China to fast-track discoveries in basic scientific research and translate these into improved care for patients around the world.
21 Sep 2016 Snakes alive: vets warn of danger time for pets Tamara Kerr says her two-year-old Jack Russell terrier, Eddie, is lucky to be alive after suffering a snake bite earlier this year.
21 Sep 2016 Pholiota unlocked: ‘most perfect and cheapest house’ reborn for Cultural Collisions A full-scale replica of Walter Burley Griffin and Marian Mahony Griffin’s cutting-edge home is being constructed by Melbourne School of Design students as part of the Melbourne Festival’s Cultural Collisions precinct at the University of Melbourne.
20 Sep 2016 Fewer homes among the gum trees, new research warns Australians could see fewer suitable environments for the country’s iconic eucalypt trees within a generation, according to a new international research project.
19 Sep 2016 Sir Jonathan Mills presents Ethereal Eye at the University of Melbourne A revised score of Sir Jonathan Mills’ acclaimed Ethereal Eye will be performed as part of Cultural Collisions, the University of Melbourne’s contribution to the 2016 Melbourne Festival.
13 Sep 2016 Killing superbugs with star-shaped polymers, not antibiotics Tiny, star-shaped molecules are effective at killing bacteria that can no longer be killed by current antibiotics, new research shows.
12 Sep 2016 World’s most powerful X-ray takes a ‘sledgehammer’ to molecules An international team of more than 20 scientists has inadvertently discovered how to create a new type of crystal using light more than 10 billion times brighter than the sun.
9 Sep 2016 When doctors and parents disagree: clinical ‘best’ not always best for family A University of Melbourne ethicist is encouraging doctors to recognise the autonomy of parents, even if this could mean “less than optimal” treatment decisions for their children.
9 Sep 2016 Weed wars: survival of the fittest vs genetic ‘superspecies’? In what may be good news for Australian biosecurity, when invading plant species mate with other plants, they do not always produce a new ‘superspecies’.