University of Western Australia

Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute have found a new way to improve treatment of tumours that previously did not respond to immunotherapies."By combining inhibition of Hck…

A project designed to increase awareness of the relationship between the arts and mental health and a digital tool to address anxiety concerns for children on the autism spectrum have been given a boost thanks to support from the Western…

A new study from The University of Western Australia has challenged earlier claims that Aboriginal stone artefacts discovered off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia represent Australia’s first undisturbed underwater archaeological…

The State’s leading marine researchers are set to share their science expertise with local students this week in the first of a series of teaching sessions on Western Australia’s marine environment.“Thinking Blue is a fantastic initiative…

On June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel issued a statement confirming she had approved the US government’s request to extradite Julian Assange. The Australian founder of Wikileaks faces 18 criminal charges of computer misuse and…

New research from The University of Western Australia has revealed that plants make their own ‘secret’ decisions about how much carbon to release back into the atmosphere via a previously unknown process, a discovery with “profound…

Researchers at The University of Western Australia have partnered with Melbourne-based Natural MedTech to develop a biotechnological platform to produce pharmaceutically valuable psychedelic compounds at an industrial scale. Dr Heng…

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have joined coastal management experts from government agencies, non-government agencies and industry to identify the critical research needed to improve the management, protection and…

The University of Western Australia and Woke Pharmaceuticals, a Sydney-based company focused on psychedelics for mental health, have signed an agreement to discover novel active analogues of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD).LSD is a…

Choosing fish that are sustainably caught and reducing our use of plastics are two ways we can help protect and restore our blue planet on World Oceans Day tomorrow (June 8) according to marine scientist Dr Chris Thompson.Dr Thompson,…