11 Oct 2016 Nanoscale engineering transforms particles into “Lego-like” building blocks Researchers have developed a nanoscale engineering method that transforms tiny particles into “Lego-like” modular building blocks.
10 Oct 2016 New mammogram hotspots predict future breast cancers Melbourne researchers have discovered a new way to interpret mammograms that could transform routine breast screening and save lives.
8 Oct 2016 Man Up: what makes blokes seek help? With official figures showing suicides in Australia hit a record high last year, a world-first research partnership has found that TV can be a force for good for men’s mental health.
6 Oct 2016 One third of survey GPs field requests from under-18s for female genital cosmetic surgery The authors of a world first study of GPs have found that girls as young as 15 are undergoing labiaplasties and other procedures, even though the medical consensus is that female genitalia do not reach maturity until around the age of 18.
5 Oct 2016 Concerns GPs are losing confidence to treat kids, as visit times drop General practitioners are referring children more frequently to paediatricians, leading to blowouts in wait times and concerns that GPs are less confident in treating children with complex or chronic conditions.
5 Oct 2016 Cultural Collisions: Mavericks collide for festival first Eight-time Edinburgh Festival Director Sir Jonathan Mills has devised and curated an entire precinct of the Melbourne Festival in collaboration with academics and students from the University of Melbourne.
4 Oct 2016 America and Australia form new partnership in particle physics research Fermilab, the USA’s major high energy physics laboratory, CoEPP, Australia’s primary centre for particle physics research and the University of Melbourne have forged a new research partnership.
28 Sep 2016 Faculty of VCA and MCM statement on CCP The Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music can confirm it will cease offerings in all programs and discontinue operations managed at the Centre for Cultural Partnerships (CCP) by the end of the year.
28 Sep 2016 Creating healthy cities one step at a time A new series published in The Lancet, led by the University of Melbourne and featuring authors from leading global academic institutions, quantifies for the first time the health outcomes that could be gained through changes to urban design and the transport system
28 Sep 2016 'Gimmick' date weddings more likely to end in divorce: study Weddings celebrated on Valentine’s Day or special-number dates like 9/9/99 or 1/2/03 are 18 to 36 percent more likely to end in divorce than weddings on ordinary dates, according to a new study by leading University of Melbourne economists.