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The team who discovered it think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf—collapsed cores of stars—with an ultra-powerful magnetic field.Spinning around in space, the strange object sends out a beam of radiation that crosses our line…

The study, published in Art and Perception, found evidence of bees depicted in an amazing array of art across time, cultures, and art mediums. This includes some of the oldest human representations cave art dating back more than 8,000…

Published in leading journal Science Advances, the research examined grains of the mineral zircon in Martian meteorite NWA 7034. The meteorite, colloquially known as ‘Black Beauty’, is a rare sample of the surface of Mars. The original…

The team, led by Professor Josh Mylne, Deputy Director from the Centre for Crop and Disease Management at Curtin, is working in close collaboration with chemists at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Perth-based company…

Published in leading journal The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, the study reviewed primary studies and reports conducted from the sovereign island states and territories of the region including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and…

Two research papers, published in Molecular Ecology and Biodiversity and Conservation, examined animals and insects across multiple locations including Western Australia’s Pilbara region, Perth region and the Jarrah Forest to find out…

Lead researcher Dr Milo Barham, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the team devised a metric, which determines the ‘age distribution fingerprint’ of minerals known as…

Author and Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Director John Curtin Distinguished Professor Alan Duncan said high rental costs had increased poverty among private sector renters, 1.5 million of whom in Australia are living in poverty, with…

The project, one of eight that successfully secured funding from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) – Zelman Cowen Academic Initiatives (ZCAI), Australia out of 69 applications this year, would focus on developing X-ray detectors…

The study by National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education (NCSEHE) Equity Fellow Associate Professor Tim Pitman from Curtin University identified opportunities to improve students’ experiences and outcomes.“Despite increases in…