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23 Sep 2025
Australia’s SpIRIT nanosatellite has successfully completed the initial phase of its mission, marking a milestone achievement for Australia’s place and reputation in the global space industry.
17 Sep 2025
The University of Melbourne’s Australian Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants (ALEC) has received an almost $2 million research grant from the Minderoo Foundation to lead a landmark project investigating Australians’ exposure to plastic-associated chemicals.
15 Sep 2025
Specialised drones are making it easier to find and monitor some of Victoria’s most elusive and endangered animals in native forests, according to new research.
9 Sep 2025
A first-of-its-kind method that’s cheap, portable and powerful in detecting harmful nanoplastics particles has been developed by an international consortium of researchers, with far-reaching implications for global health and environmental science.
27 Aug 2025
AI-powered research developed at the University of Melbourne which is advancing access to biodiversity data and shaving years off processing times will be used in a new partnership with Museums Victoria.
25 Aug 2025
Scientists who are developing a revolutionary and more accurate iron test are heading to the Northern Territory to gather real-world data to help them design a blood-test device to operate in a range of environments.
22 Aug 2025
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced its Seventh Assessment Report author list, with University of Melbourne researchers contributing to all three Working Groups.
22 Aug 2025
Heat-stressed Victorian mountain ash forests are thinning fast, turning from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new research reveals.
8 Aug 2025
From the secret life of sheep to how birds build their nests, ancient knowledge of the skies to pioneering chemistry laboratories – this year’s University of Melbourne Science Festival has something for everyone.
1 Aug 2025
Climate interventions are accelerating in our oceans, but without responsible governance they could do more harm than good, according to new research.
17 Jul 2025
New research that monitored the behaviour of Australian central bearded dragons via tiny fitness trackers has revealed a surprising twist – the fastest lizards were most likely to die than the slower ones.
2 Jul 2025
New research has for the first time tracked ice shelf, sea ice and ocean swell wave conditions over multiple years in the lead-ups to three large-scale iceberg ‘calving’ events in Antarctica, revealing common patterns.
30 Jun 2025
An international research team led by the University of Melbourne will run a world-first head-to-head clinical trial, comparing the effectiveness of two opposite Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) treatments, the low FODMAP* diet and exposure-based cognitive behavioural therapy.
30 Apr 2025
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the complete genome of one of Australia’s most iconic and endangered frogs – the Southern Corroboree Frog (Pseudophryne corroboree).
5 Mar 2025
For the first time, researchers have identified that inflammation - long associated with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - appears to cause increased mutations linked to MS progression.
3 Mar 2025
Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world’s strongest ocean current, researchers have found.
17 Dec 2024
Researchers at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the Colossal Foundation will advance conservation efforts to engineer immunity in amphibians, including Australia’s critically endangered Corroboree Frog, against a deadly fungal disease.
6 Dec 2024
The flexibility to work from home remains extremely valuable to Australian employees and organisations need to better justify demands for in-office attendance, to maintain employee satisfaction and retention, according to a new report.
6 Dec 2024
University of Melbourne Professor Paul Donnelly has been awarded the inaugural Richard Robson Chair of Chemistry, in recognition of his pioneering research and leadership in fundamental discovery-based chemistry and its clinical translation to benefit society.
20 Nov 2024
A US$1.5 million gift from the Colossal Foundation, a non-profit organisation established by Colossal Biosciences, will help researchers in the Faculty of Science develop new approaches to the conservation of bird species in Australia and around the world.