University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia and partners will deliver a clinical entrepreneur pilot program and targeted training to boost medical product commercialisation, both funded by the MTPConnect Researcher Exchange and Development within…

A new partnership between Texas Medical Center and Biodesign Australia aimed at creating impact through health and medical life sciences commercialisation, innovation and research has been announced at the annual Science on the Swan…

A new international study has found patterns of female distribution in space and time in 33 species of Australian rodents affects the evolution of male testes size.The study, Spatial and temporal distribution of females influence the…

A new initiative from The University of Western Australia is using virtual reality and immersive learning to take school students into authentic science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) experiences.Karina Price, the founder…

New research from The University of Western Australia has discovered the numbat population in the Upper Warren, about 300km south of Perth, is a lot bigger than previously thought.PhD candidate Sian Thorn, from UWA’s School of Biological…

A global review of the impact of menstrual experiences has found many people feel shame, frustration, disgust and distress during their period and do not feel confident to engage in their usual activities.The learning brief used data from…

A new study by a team of international researchers has found that reptiles including turtles, crocodiles, lizards, snakes and tuatara are threatened by extinction in the near future but conservation efforts for other vertebrate species…

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have received a $4.34 million grant for a project to improve soil condition and plant productivity as part of the national Soil Science Challenge.Federal Agriculture Minister the Hon…

If tensions between the Western world and China and Russia led to a split into two separate financial and trading systems, Australia would be among the countries most hurt.We ran the numbers on this earlier this year for the West…

Indigenous people in Australia experience three times more vision loss than non-Indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision.Much of this is due to diabetic macular oedema (DMO). Here, blood vessels in the back of the eye (the…