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Apr 20, 2010

WUN student forum provides input into Australian government policy

Students from WUN partner universities around the world came together in early April to put their entrepreneurial skills to the test at the inaugura...
Mar 31, 2010

Inaugural Forum Stimulates Young Entrepreneurs

Students from WUN universities around the world will look at how the growth of e-publishing is creating business challenges and opportunities as pa...
Mar 31, 2010

Move Over, Easter Bunny!

Microscopy technology at The University of Western Australia that enabled an international team of researchers to locate ancient DNA in fossilised egg...
Mar 22, 2010

3rd International Conference on Spintronics Materials and Technology

Registration is now open for WUNSPIN10 - the third WUN International Conference on “Spintronic Materials and Technology” – which will take pla...
Mar 08, 2010

University leads the way in vital global soil research

Experts from Europe, USA and China, have established networks of field research stations to study the valuable services that soils provide to humanity...
Mar 04, 2010

Researchers discover gene that affects susceptibility to tuberculosis and clues to how it works

The gene appears to orchestrate pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory responses. When these are in correct balance, the body can fight the TB pathoge...
Mar 03, 2010

Landscape art and the urbanisation of the United States

The relationship between the urbanisation of the United States in the mid to late 19th Century and the landscape art of the period is the focus of res...
Mar 03, 2010

Greener grazing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Gases such as methane expelled by grazing animals make up roughly one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Alex Chaves, Senior Lecturer of An...
Mar 02, 2010

Study Finds Female Dung Beetles Use Horns as Weapons

Researchers at The University of Western Australia have found that not only do some female dung beetles have bigger horns than males but they also use...