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19 Nov 2024
A new $24.79 million project is poised to revolutionise pest management for Australian grain and vegetable growers. This initiative is a crucial step in preparing these key food production industries to reduce reliance on broad-spectrum insecticides and implement innovative strategies to manage pest populations and promote beneficial insects.
17 Oct 2024
New scientific milestones in the mission to de-extinct the thylacine are advancing University of Melbourne research and progressing potential solutions to the broader extinction crisis.
11 Oct 2024
Glitter is a major pollutant, with the microplastics commonly found in sewage sludge and wastewater, but nowresearchers have identified a type of sustainable glitter that has no impact on the environment.
25 Sep 2024
Australian climatologists closely monitor atmospheric and oceanic conditions to assess the risk of El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events occurring, which can lead to devastating natural disasters, however these predictions have become somewhat delayed in recent years.
20 Sep 2024
One-hundred endangered grasshoppers have been released at protected grasslands on Taungurung Country, where they haven’t been seen in six decades.
13 Sep 2024
Women living with chronic pain face medical gender bias and high levels of discrimination in the workplace, according to new research highlighted in a joint submission by the University of Melbourne and Western Sydney University to the Victorian Inquiry into Women’s Pain.
19 Aug 2024
Australian workers living with long COVID cost the economy, on average, about $9.6 billion in 2022, according to a new study.
12 Aug 2024
From pioneering research into superbugs and food for extra-terrestrial colonies, to uncovering a rare species of giant rat in the Solomon Islands, this year’s University of Melbourne Science Festival showcases the latest discoveries and innovations shaping the world around us.
8 Aug 2024
The Great Barrier Reef is under significant pressure, with warming sea temperatures and mass coral bleaching events threatening to destroy the remarkable ecology, biodiversity and beauty of the world’s largest coral reef, according to new research published today.
30 Jul 2024
University of Melbourne and James Cook University researchers have called for an urgent rethink of the merits of coral reef restoration and adaptation, questioning whether the practice can meaningfully improve reef health.
17 Jul 2024
A national research program examining enhanced efficiency fertilisers will aim to give Australian grain growers the tools to improve nitrogen use efficiency and reduce on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
28 Jun 2024
A simple and effective way to help endangered frogs survive the devastating Chytridiomycosis fungal disease - which has driven at least six amphibian species to extinction in Australia and threatens dozens more worldwide - has been developed by an international team of researchers.
3 Jun 2024
University of Melbourne researchers are helping villagers in Nepal predict when treacherous landslides are about to overwhelm their homes.
7 May 2024
Researchers at the Universities of Melbourne and Manchester have invented a breakthrough technique for manufacturing highly purified silicon that brings powerful quantum computers a big step closer.
4 Mar 2024
A new institute to support Pacific nations address their key global challenges of the 21st Century has been established in Melbourne.
28 Feb 2024
Ecologist Dr Joe Greet has received the Australian Academy of Science Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award for his research developing a Traditional Owner-led billabong health assessment framework for Australian wetlands.
2 Feb 2024
Australia has joined other large mining nations such as Russia, China and Brazil at the top of a list of countries with the biggest areas of undocumented or undermeasured mine impacts, according to a satellite image analysis of the world’s mines.
31 Jan 2024
Australia’s precious wildlife biodiversity will be preserved and species safeguarded against extinction thanks to a new ‘living biobank’ being developed by the University of Melbourne and Museums Victoria Research Institute.
2 Dec 2023
The University of Melbourne and the Italian Space Agency have announced the successful launch of SpIRIT, a landmark nanosatellite mission supported by the Australian Space Agency.
21 Nov 2023
The Critically Endangered Uromys vika giant rat (U. vika) – one of the world’s rarest rodents – has been captured by camera trap images for the first time by researchers from the University of Melbourne, Solomon Islands National University, and Zaira Village, Vangunu.