23 Feb 2021 Australia's oldest rock painting is a kangaroo A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been identified as Australia’s oldest intact rock painting.
22 Feb 2021 Climate, canola and coping with changing conditions New University of Melbourne research has used ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing to understand the impacts of short-term heat stress on the productivity of canola plants, paving the way to the development of more heat-tolerant crops.
19 Feb 2021 What happens to immunity levels post COVID-infection? Melbourne scientists have described the evolution of immunity levels up to four months following COVID-19 infection, finding that while antibody levels drop dramatically in the first one to two months, the decrease then slows down substantially.
18 Feb 2021 Fall in support for COVID-19 vaccine could risk jeopardising herd immunity: survey Just over one quarter of Australians are unwilling or uncertain about getting the COVID-19 vaccine, potentially delaying achieving herd immunity, insights from the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation Research Insight reveal.
18 Feb 2021 Immune system protects children from severe COVID-19 Children are protected from severe COVID-19 because their innate immune system is quick to attack the virus, a new study has found.
17 Feb 2021 Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits An estimated 1.1 billion people were living with untreated vision impairment in 2020, but researchers say more than 90 per cent of vision loss could be prevented or treated with existing, highly cost-effective interventions.
16 Feb 2021 Children of same-sex parents outperform others at school Children with same-sex parents outperform other children on multiple indicators of academic achievement, new research shows.
16 Feb 2021 Vice-Chancellor welcomes renewed focus on research translation Vice-Chancellor Duncan Maskell joined the Federal Minister for Education and Youth, Alan Tudge, at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus on Friday for the launch of the Better Commercialising University Research Consultation Paper.
16 Feb 2021 Australian leaders recognised for their role in our world-leading pandemic response Unsurprisingly, Australia’s COVID-19 response has featured heavily in weighing the nominees to be shortlisted for the 2020 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.
16 Feb 2021 Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified Researchers have used the zebrafish (Danio rerio) to identify the role of a gene involved in cardiac rhythm, which could help explain the fundamentals of what it takes to make a human heartbeat.