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15 Feb 2021

First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras

Drilling a 270,000-year old core from a Tasmanian lake has provided the first Australian record of a major global event where the Earth’s magnetic field ‘switched’- and the opportunity to establish a precedent for developing new paleomagnetic dating tools for Australian archaeology and paleosciences.

12 Feb 2021

Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high

Australians welcome the COVID-19 vaccine but levels of mental distress and financial stress remain high, particularly among the young, according to the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey.

11 Feb 2021

Mapping an effective immune response to COVID-19

Melbourne researchers have systematically mapped the immune response to COVID-19 identifying how antibodies develop in response to SARS-CoV2 and new insights into why some people develop severe disease.

10 Feb 2021

New ways to ‘see’ under melting Antarctic ice shelves for more accurate climate modelling

A breakthrough by Australian climate modelling researchers has led to a deeper understanding of the micro-scale processes that melt Antarctic ice shelves from below.

9 Feb 2021

New research will enable Australians to better predict wage theft

A University of Melbourne research team is developing a suite of tools to help Australian workers and regulators address exploitation and ‘wage theft’ in a new project launched today.

6 Feb 2021

Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient

The creator and driving force behind the Gondwana Voices, Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Indigenous Choir, has been recognised for transforming the country’s choral landscape, harnessing in the last 30 years the musical power of young voices, in particular Indigenous voices.