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Macquarie University launches The Lighthouse
19 April 2018
A new website shining a light on world-changing research stories The Lighthouse, a new multi-media news platform showcasing world-changing research ...
340,000 stars’ DNA interrogated in search for Sun’s lost siblings
18 April 2018
An Australian-led group of astronomers – including Associate Professor Daniel Zucker from the Department of Physics and Astronomy – working ...
Macquarie partners in $200 million Digital Health R&D initiative
13 April 2018
The new Digital Health CRC (Cooperative Research Centre) involving Macquarie University will invest over $200 million to develop and test ...
World-first study demonstrates potential role for medicinal cannabis in treating neuromuscular disease
5 April 2018
New research from Macquarie University and The University of Sydney demonstrates a novel role that cannabinoids play in nervous system ...
Indigenous people’s experiences on social media differ significantly from the mainstream population: National study
5 April 2018
71 per cent of Indigenous Australians agreed that social media offered a good platform for learning about and engaging in ...
Too many back pain patients receiving the wrong care
26 March 2018
A global epidemic of inappropriate tests and treatments for back pain means patients are not receiving the right care, and ...
Health experts call for national strategy on child injury prevention to curb rates of hospitalisation
14 March 2018
A new decade-long study of preventable self-harm and assault hospitalised injuries of children aged 16 years or less was published ...
Robots: 22 international teams, 51 Aussie teams competing at Sydney Olympic Park from Sunday
12 March 2018
FIRST Robotics Competition Australian Regionals kick off in Sydney from 11-18 March. Move over Olympians! It’s athletes of a different ...
New scientific study examines why eggs are shaped as they are
9 March 2018
The shape of a species’ egg is determined by the climate in which they typically breed, and the extent to ...
Major study of homelessness finds housing policy is failing Sydney’s most vulnerable
5 March 2018
There is an urgent need for more low-cost housing and alternative housing models of supported housing for Sydney’s homeless, given ...