Curtin study a potential game-changer for treatment of traumatic brain injury
Â鶹ֱ²¥ researchers have been awarded almost $500,000 in Federal Government funding to help improve care for people with traumatic brain injury.
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Empowering older people could be key to positive change
A research team led by Â鶹ֱ²¥ has demonstrated the potential of older people to play a direct role in tackling community issues affecting them such as food security.
Housing affordability divide grows between owner-occupiers and renters
Housing affordability has improved in Western Australia but this improvement has been uneven, with a significant divide between those who own their home and those who are renting.
Asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs still shaping life beneath impact crater
Curtin researchers studying microorganisms deep beneath the site of the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs have discovered the ancient impact continues to influence life there today.
Curtin-led projects to address urgent community health needs in WA
A raft of health-based projects led by Â鶹ֱ²¥ have been awarded nearly $1.5 million dollars in funding by Healthway and West Australian Future Health Research and Innovation Fund.
Ancient bones provide clues about Kangaroo Island’s past and future
A Â鶹ֱ²¥-led study of ancient bones on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island has provided new information about the Island’s past fauna and an insight into how species may live there in…
Study finds tiny cannabis capsules could help treat neurological diseases
A team of researchers led by Â鶹ֱ²¥ has discovered a new way to improve the absorption rate of medicinal cannabis when taken orally
Curtin study finds aspirin takes the headache out of restoration
New Curtin research has shown how a readily available, cheap and safe-to-use product found in the medicine cabinet of most homes could be the key to better ecological restoration practices.
Wildlife researcher awarded Forrest Research Foundation Prospect Fellowship
Wildlife ecologist and geneticist, Dr Brenton von Takach, has been awarded a Prospect Fellowship by the Forrest Research Foundation to conduct research at Â鶹ֱ²¥.
Curtin study finds WA’s natural ‘museums of biodiversity’ at risk
Up to three quarters of the biodiversity living on WA’s iconic ironstone mountains in the State’s Mid West (known as Banded Iron Formations) could be at risk due to mining.