NASA Great Observatories team up to discover ultra-bright young galaxies
8 January 2014
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and a Macquarie University researcher have joined forces to discover and characterize four …
Science & nature
Australian Research Council funds $23-million research centre with Macquarie as one of three core participants
23 December 2013
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced the funding for its flagship research program, the ARC Centres of Excellence. One …
How plants evolved to weather the cold
23 December 2013
A team of researchers studying plants has assembled the largest dated evolutionary tree, using it to show the order in …
Australia a hot-spot for flora and fauna deception
17 December 2013
Researchers at Macquarie University and Auckland University have discovered that biological deception appears to be rampant in Australia, particularly as …
New biotechnology offers rapid diagnostics and anti drug counterfeiting
16 December 2013
The revelation of a new optical dimension in nanophotonics offers untapped clinical potential in non-invasive cancer diagnostic kits, rapid pathogen …
Scientists identify new resistance genes in superbugs resistant to a common disinfectant
28 November 2013
In cutting-edge genomics research conducted at Macquarie University, researchers have identified a new family of resistance genes that allow bacteria …
Mentors cheer high school students onto LEGO robot tournament success
27 November 2013
The hard work of high school students from the Auburn community culminated in two major tournament wins last week, in …
Honey bees demonstrate decision making process to avoid difficult choices
5 November 2013
A new study on the metacognitive ability of honey bees suggests that they, like humans, avoid difficult decisions when they …
Looking for a new gold mine? We’ve got the map.
28 October 2013
As published this month in Nature Geoscience, researchers and industry partners have produced the first major ‘cat scan of the …
New study finds that male lizards use different tactics to win the ladies
21 October 2013
New collaborative research conducted by Macquarie University and the Australian National University on a common Australian lizard, the Eastern Water …
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