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University of Melbourne welcomes Rubicon Water's listing on ASX
The University of Melbourne welcomes news that Rubicon Water will debut on the ASX on 2 September, aiming to raise $42.6 million at a market capitalisation of $171.9 million.
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Extreme sea levels to become much more common as earth warms
Global warming will cause extreme sea levels to occur almost every year by the end of the century, impacting major coastlines worldwide, according to new research from an international team of scientists.
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University welcomes Lexus Australia as first AIMES car manufacturing partner to drive C-ITS research forward
Lexus Australia was today announced as the first car manufacturer to join the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) transport collaboration to accelerate Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) technology research for smarter and safer on-road travel.
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Using AI to predict the future of transport and ease congestion
Launched today, a world first project seeks to use artificial intelligence (AI) to predict traffic congestion up to three hours ahead, optimising traffic in large cities and improving road safety as part of the University’s smart cities ecosystem.
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Are you a wizard or a fighter? Let artificial intelligence decide
University of Melbourne researchers are exploring the intersection of facial recognition technology and the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) gaming experience as part of Melbourne Knowledge Week 2021.
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Child of Now: An AR look at our future generations in the heart of Melbourne
A new large-scale public art commission involving interactive augmented reality will call on 14,400 Melburnians to create, shape and nurture a vision of the future for an imagined child born in 2021.
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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.
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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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Entry barriers for women are amplified by AI in recruitment algorithms, study finds
Human gender biases that limit recruitment opportunities for women are mimicked and exacerbated by artificial intelligence (AI) used for sorting resumés, according to new research.
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Researchers map electrons to move one step closer to better quantum computers
Australian researchers have determined the ‘sweet spot’ for positioning qubits to achieve high-accuracy quantum computers.
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Living with COVID: New campaign aims to help young people understand COVID-19
A multidisciplinary team of University of Melbourne researchers has created an innovative public health campaign to help communicate coronavirus (COVID-19) to young people.
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New centre to bridge divide between tech and patients, as COVID accelerates digital health uptake
The COVID-19 pandemic has lent new urgency to the need for a digitally enabled health system, says the head of a new University of Melbourne partnership to tackle the gap between technology and health.
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Important opportunities for workplace gender diversity media coverage: new report
Many gender diversity workplace issues can be explored more deeply by mainstream Australian print media, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
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University accelerates the process of 3D printed nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing
The University of Melbourne has brought together industry partners and researchers for the development of an Australian-first; locally manufactured 3D printed nasal swab for coronavirus (COVID-19) testing.
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Lessons from the COVID-19 frontline captured in Health Worker Voices project
Voice memos from health workers in Australia and around the world are being collected via a private WhatsApp chat to capture their experience of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and improve future preparedness.
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Coastal flooding set to get more frequent, threatening coastal life and 20 per cent of global GDP
Coastal flooding across the world is set to rise by around 50 per cent due to climate change in the next 80 years, endangering millions more people and trillions of US dollars more of coastal infrastructure, new research shows.
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Melbourne Connect a feature of new Telstra partnership
The University and Telstra will help develop and diversify Australia’s pipeline of technology talent through a $5.14 million partnership.
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Extreme waves set to get bigger and more frequent due to climate change
A warming planet will cause stronger storm winds triggering larger and more frequent extreme waves over the next 80 years, with largest increases shown in the Southern Ocean, according to new research.
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Researchers design ventilation hoods for hospital beds to help contain COVID-19 spread
University of Melbourne researchers working in collaboration with Western Health have designed a personal ventilation hood for hospital beds to help contain the droplet spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in intensive care units (ICUs).
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New centre to address AI and digital ethics
A new centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital ethics has been launched by the University Melbourne to address ethical, policy and legal challenges posed by new technologies.