Archives: July 2017

Andrew Myles performing a hearing test at the Speech and Hearing Clinic at the Hearing Hub

Array of research from the Australian Hearing Hub is showcased in prestigious special issue of Trends in Hearing journal

31 July 2017

A special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Trends in Hearing, dedicated to Macquarie University’s Australian Hearing Hub (AHH), was published …

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Super lasers, cross-cultural biodiversity, and multiple sclerosis biomarkers – Macquarie researchers announced as 2017 Eureka finalists

28 July 2017

Three research projects led by four Macquarie University academics have today been announced as finalists in the 2017 Australian Museum …

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Why do some males produce slow sperm? A ‘tail’ of supergenes and sperm competition

25 July 2017

New study provides an insight on why the best combination of the genes for the perfect sperm cannot be passed …

Competition among corals for light and space: Acropora hyacinthus (center bottom to upper left) with damaged edge partially surrounding Platygyra daedalea (center), at Sesoko-jima, Okinawa, Japan. Credit: Andrew H. Baird

High diversity on coral reefs: a very big game of rock-paper-scissors

20 July 2017

New research from Macquarie University explores how a large number of species can all live together while competing for a …

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A child’s spoken vocabulary helps them when it comes to reading new words for the first time

18 July 2017

Children who have heard a word before, and have spoken the word themselves, are better able to predict how that …

Professor Michael Wilson with the XI da Vinci Surgery System.

Macquarie University Hospital commences using the latest XI da Vinci Surgical System to perform minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery

17 July 2017

Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) successfully completed its first Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (OPCABG) using the da Vinci Xi Surgical …

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Macquarie University research sheds light on how antibiotic resistance can be better managed

6 July 2017

By recreating the origins of DNA elements that confer antibiotic resistance, researchers from Macquarie University generate new insights that can …

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Risk Frontiers becomes an independent R&D company

4 July 2017

Risk Frontiers, Australia’s longest running natural hazards research centre, is spinning out from Macquarie University after a successful partnership of …

Dr Ronika Power examining a mummified human body from the Australian Museum’s Egyptian Collection, at Macquarie Medical Imaging, Macquarie University Hospital

Macquarie’s superstar to smash science gender stereotypes

3 July 2017

Dr Ronika Power from the Department of Ancient History in the Faculty of Arts has been named today as one …

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