Macquarie University

Released today, THE Impact Rankings assess the performance of universities against the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, 1591 universities across 112 countries and regions were assessed.Macquarie…

Uncovered in Tam Pà Ling, a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos, various fossils reveal new secrets about the earliest human journeys from Africa to Australia, including possible migration paths. The research also confirms…

The right to development is the right of every human being to participate in, to contribute to and to benefit from economic, social, cultural and political development. More than 35 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right…

During the fabrication of solar panels, silicon goes through several high-temperature processes known as annealing. Currently the cells are cooked in an oven.But in a paper published in the US Journal Applied Physics Letters this week, a…

In July 2022, the 120-kilometre Wollombi Brook, which flows north into the Hunter Valley in New South Wales, suffered one of its biggest floods on record. And it held up remarkably well, says Professor Kirstie Fryirs of the School of…

Findings from the independent research, which also involved the University of Southern Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology, were released today at the Natural Hazards Research Forum in the report, Community experiences…

The Macquarie University Research Centres will bring together leading researchers to focus on key issues within the University’s five research priorities: Healthy People, Resilient Societies, Prosperous Economies, Secure Planet and…

The paper, in the latest edition of the journal PLOS ONE, looked at print and online stories from major news outlets between January 2000 and January 2020. The researchers found very little praise for EDs, with most of the stories…

Researchers from the Macquarie University MND Research Centre and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research have identified the defects in the genomes of some people with non-inherited, or sporadic, MND and FTD.MND results…

Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, received a degree of the Doctor of Law (Honoris Causa) in recognition of her deep commitment to education, youth leadership and social justice.Kevin…