University of Western Australia

A rare deep-sea squid has been captured on video at a depth of more than a kilometre underwater, by scientists from The University of Western Australia and Kelpie Geosciences in the UK. A team from the Minderoo-UWA Deep Sea Research…

The University of Western Australia’s Suicide Prevention and Resilience Research Centre (SPARRC) and a researchers have launched an Australian-first survey aimed at gaining deeper insights into mental health within the construction…

The first recipient of the history-making joint PhD program between The University of Western Australia and The Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) has hit the ground running. Nutan Darandale travelled to Western…

Six projects at The University of Western Australia have received more than $10.6 million in Federal Government funding to improve sleep, address skin conditions, develop clinical care for autistic children, better understand and treat…

Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy, providing important clues on how the space between galaxies is polluted with chemical elements. A team of international researchers…

Overqualified employees can fulfil their career potential if they have the right passion for their work, according to new research by The University of Western Australia. The paper, published in Applied Psychology: An International…

A study to improve social media data analysis, led by The University of Western Australia, has received a $150,000 grant to better understand defence analytics crucial to national security. The study, Empowering the open-source…

An international team of researchers has discovered the genetic variation that has allowed marsupials to evolve to fly and glide. The study published in Nature, was led by Dr Ricardo Mallarino from Princeton University and Dr Erez…

A study by The University of Western Australia has unearthed a new species of subterranean ant that shares some traits with a well-known Harry Potter villain. The research, published in Zookeys, describes the new species Leptanilla…

New research from The University of Western Australia has examined how fine root lifespan is linked to root strategies of resource acquisition and protection. Emeritus Professor Hans Lambers, from UWA's School of Biological Sciences, was…