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17 Feb 2021

Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits

An estimated 1.1 billion people were living with untreated vision impairment in 2020, but researchers say more than 90 per cent of vision loss could be prevented or treated with existing, highly cost-effective interventions.

16 Feb 2021

Australian leaders recognised for their role in our world-leading pandemic response

Unsurprisingly, Australia’s COVID-19 response has featured heavily in weighing the nominees to be shortlisted for the 2020 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.

16 Feb 2021

Children of same-sex parents outperform others at school

Children with same-sex parents outperform other children on multiple indicators of academic achievement, new research shows.

16 Feb 2021

Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified

Researchers have used the zebrafish (Danio rerio) to identify the role of a gene involved in cardiac rhythm, which could help explain the fundamentals of what it takes to make a human heartbeat.

15 Feb 2021

First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras

Drilling a 270,000-year old core from a Tasmanian lake has provided the first Australian record of a major global event where the Earth’s magnetic field ‘switched’- and the opportunity to establish a precedent for developing new paleomagnetic dating tools for Australian archaeology and paleosciences.

12 Feb 2021

Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high

Australians welcome the COVID-19 vaccine but levels of mental distress and financial stress remain high, particularly among the young, according to the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey.

11 Feb 2021

Mapping an effective immune response to COVID-19

Melbourne researchers have systematically mapped the immune response to COVID-19 identifying how antibodies develop in response to SARS-CoV2 and new insights into why some people develop severe disease.

10 Feb 2021

New ways to ‘see’ under melting Antarctic ice shelves for more accurate climate modelling

A breakthrough by Australian climate modelling researchers has led to a deeper understanding of the micro-scale processes that melt Antarctic ice shelves from below.

9 Feb 2021

New research will enable Australians to better predict wage theft

A University of Melbourne research team is developing a suite of tools to help Australian workers and regulators address exploitation and ‘wage theft’ in a new project launched today.

6 Feb 2021

Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient

The creator and driving force behind the Gondwana Voices, Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Indigenous Choir, has been recognised for transforming the country’s choral landscape, harnessing in the last 30 years the musical power of young voices, in particular Indigenous voices.

5 Feb 2021

New Asialink Advisory Council appointed

The University of Melbourne has appointed a new Advisory Council for Asialink, Australia’s leading centre for creative engagement with Asia. Asialink works with diverse communities in Australia and Asia to build a strong, shared future for all.

1 Feb 2021

Two remarkable philanthropists honoured as Fellows of the University of Melbourne

Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney and Christopher Oechsli have been honoured as Fellows of the University of Melbourne in recognition of their extraordinary philanthropic investment and leadership.

28 Jan 2021

Anticipation of the future reward shapes self-controlled choice

New research shows the prefrontal cortex of the human brain is associated with anticipation of favourable future events and shapes how individuals make a choice, advancing our understanding of self-control in decision making.

14 Jan 2021

Students poised for success with 2021 study offers

The University’s Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce are the most popular courses in Victoria according to Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) figures released today.

13 Jan 2021

Study explores the reasons why some women use force

In the context of family relationships, women who use force generally do so because they want power rather than because they have power, according to new research.

10 Jan 2021

Frozen egg wastage prompts calls for women to donate unused eggs

As more women postpone childbearing for social reasons and freeze their eggs, new research reveals that most don’t end up using them, leading to wastage.

8 Jan 2021

Tasmanian tiger pups found to be extraordinarily similar to wolf pups

Micro-CT scanning and digital reconstructions have been used to compare the skulls of the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) and wolf across their early development and into adulthood, establishing that not only did the thylacine resemble the wolf as adults, but also as newborns and juveniles.

7 Jan 2021

Genomes reveal insights into much-loved Aussie animals

The genomes of egg-laying monotreme mammals, platypus and echidna, have been published in the prestigious journal Nature, providing a valuable public resource for research in mammalian biology and evolution, with applications for their conservation and health.

6 Jan 2021

GPS data could help map COVID-19 transmission risk

Human mobility data gathered from de-identified mobile devices could help map coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and support contact tracing efforts, according to new research.

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Treating vision loss globally would see social and economic benefits

Australian leaders recognised for their role in our world-leading pandemic response

Children of same-sex parents outperform others at school

Heartbeat secrets unlocked as cardiac rhythm gene role identified

First humans in Tasmania must have seen spectacular auroras

Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high

Mapping an effective immune response to COVID-19

New ways to ‘see’ under melting Antarctic ice shelves for more accurate climate modelling

New research will enable Australians to better predict wage theft

Gondwana Choirs founder named 2021 Heinze Memorial recipient

New Asialink Advisory Council appointed

Two remarkable philanthropists honoured as Fellows of the University of Melbourne

Top Indian university joins the Melbourne-India Postgraduate Academy

Anticipation of the future reward shapes self-controlled choice

Students poised for success with 2021 study offers

Study explores the reasons why some women use force

Frozen egg wastage prompts calls for women to donate unused eggs

Tasmanian tiger pups found to be extraordinarily similar to wolf pups

Genomes reveal insights into much-loved Aussie animals

GPS data could help map COVID-19 transmission risk