University of Western Australia

New research from The University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has examined the building blocks of a reef island off the coast of WA’s Pilbara region to better predict its…

Researchers from The University of Western Australia and Flinders University have located what is believed to be the largest plant in the world – an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass stretching across 180km that is estimated to be…

A new study from The University of Western Australia has established how rumours of alleged adverse events were spread around the world during the first months of the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out.Dr Tauel Harper, a media and communication…

A review of Perth Festival’s Covid-struck 2022 program has found the event provided a big social, cultural and economic boost for the Western Australian community.Based on participant surveys and financial data analysis by Culture Counts,…

Gravitational wave scientists from The University of Western Australia have led the development of a new laser mode sensor with unprecedented precision that will be used to probe the interiors of neutron stars and test fundamental limits…

A patient-centred approach to healthcare that marries Aboriginal cultural communication preferences with biomedical understandings of health and disease has received a boost after being awarded an Implementation Science Fellowship and a…

A new journal article argues that Australian family law needs to change to better reflect the place pets have in society when ruling on custody disputes.Dr Marilyn Bromberg, from The University Western Australia’s Law School, Adam Jardine…

Details of a trial that has the potential to change the way the extent of spread of bladder cancer is determined will be presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago, the world’s leading…

A new affiliation agreement between Ear Science Institute Australia (Ear Science) and The University of Western Australia will help drive innovation in ear and hearing research.As a medical research institute, Ear Science is dedicated to…

Researchers from the School of Earth Sciences at The University of Western Australia have helped reconstruct the cycle of carbon in the Earth using thermodynamic modelling and plate tectonic reconstructions dating back 250 million…