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A molecular immunologist from The University of Western Australia with a distinguished track record in researching asbestos related cancer has been presented with a prestigious award by the Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia…

Aspire UWA and Alcoa Foundation have combined forces to give aspiring university students a taste of not only university campus life but what a post-university career might look like."To have the opportunity to present to our youth and…

A new mapping method has increased the size of the known mangrove area in north-western Australia by more than 30 per cent, a finding that will help protect the vulnerable ecosystem. Dr Sharyn Hickey, from The University of Western…

Forrest Research Foundation Creative Fellow and award-winning Iranian-Australian Bahá'í video artist, director and researcher Elham Eshraghian-Haakansson has been awarded joint winner of the Ellen Jose Art Award Exhibition for her…

Hannah Bygrave was a year 12 student at Karratha Senior High School when she took part in a workshop held by The University of Western Australia outreach programs Aspire UWA and Girls in Engineering last year.She credits that school visit…

A new program to support healthcare professionals develop key entrepreneurial skills and networks has been launched in Australia.The national pilot of the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP) will be led by experienced…

Home ownership among young people is falling sharply, while renters face worrying insecurity. Nowhere is this more pronounced than for the 4.4 million Australians living with a disability and, in particular, the 660,000 plus Australians…

Space enthusiasts and astronomers at The University of Western Australia’s International Space Centre have celebrated the first images from NASA’s $14 billion James Webb Space Telescope’s history making view of space. The UWA Centre was…

We may still be in the dark about what dark matter is, but we have a better idea about what it isn’t.The ORGAN Experiment—Australia’s first major contribution to dark matter detection — is now online and searching for dark matter,…

Researchers from The University of Western Australia are building synthetic gene circuits to control and customise where, when, and under what environmental conditions a gene is turned on or off in a plant.Dr James Lloyd and Professor…