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Athletes competing at the Tokyo Olympics are likely to face highly partisan crowds with overseas spectators barred from attending – but top performers won’t let it change their game, says Macquarie University researcher Dr Kath Bicknell.
Countless species worldwide are in need of urgent conservation, but we only have the resources to provide for captive populations of a small number of them. Biobanking could be the answer, say Macquarie University researchers.
VIDEO: As Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama celebrates his US Masters win, Macquarie University researchers reveal performance-enhancing insights for professional golfers that all of us might learn from.
Work in the gig economy may have flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the writing is on the wall for a business model that relies on avoiding the existence of an employment relationship, say researchers from Macquarie Business School's Centre for Workforce Futures.
Health and Medicine
Forty years since HIV/AIDS began taking lives, stories of the Australian volunteers who cared for the dying during the crisis years have been told in a moving new book co-authored by Macquarie University historian Robert Reynolds.
Support groups to help people at risk of the concussion-linked dementia syndrome, CTE, are part of a range of treatments underway by Macquarie University neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs, whose research has identified symptoms that can be early signs of the disease.
A partnership between Macquarie neuroscientists and a leading cancer researcher has led to the breakthrough discovery of a mechanism that protects neurons from dementia-causing plaques.
Evidence is building that fruit and vegetables play a vital role in good mental health, say Macquarie University researchers.
Please Explain
As summer hits, borders reopen and Australians start travelling again, Julian Dight, a legal academic at Macquarie Law School, explains to what extent you can vent your holiday frustrations.
Despite 28 days of no community transmission in NSW – the state's longest stretch since the pandemic began – a ‘return to normal’ could be years away, say Macquarie University researchers.
Science and Technology
Massive scientific efforts to tackle the impact of cattle burps on climate change has only tinkered around the edges of this major environmental problem, say Macquarie University researchers.
VIDEO: A Macquarie University researcher has re-written history books by discovering the true location of Australia’s first astronomical observatory.
Macquarie University is developing a technology that collates a mass of data and analyses it in minutes, and which in the future could help solve crimes and save lives.
NASA’s Perseverance rover touches down on Mars on Friday on a mission to search for ancient life – a timely reminder that humans are still capable of remarkable things, writes Macquarie geophysicist Associate Professor Craig O’Neill.
Business and The Economy
Work in the gig economy may have flourished during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the writing is on the wall for a business model that relies on avoiding the existence of an employment relationship, say researchers from Macquarie Business School's Centre for Workforce Futures.
Quotas are necessary to achieve equal numbers of women in parliaments and other institutions across society, says Macquarie University Professor Alison Pullen.
After a string of scandals in Australia's banks, Macquarie Business School research shows that a new regime to make banking executives accountable is working – for now, writes Dr Dominic Canestrari-Soh.
2021 is a make-or-break year for Australian news media – and nothing less than the strength of our democracy is at stake, says Macquarie University media researcher Dr Tai Neilson.
Arts and Society
Forty years since HIV/AIDS began taking lives, stories of the Australian volunteers who cared for the dying during the crisis years have been told in a moving new book co-authored by Macquarie University historian Robert Reynolds.
Narcissism or new social norm? What does oversharing online say about our 21st century selves? Associate Professor of Psychology Simon Boag explains.
When Harry and Meghan revealed to Oprah Winfrey the emotional details of their break with the royal family, they were telling a tale as old as time, says Macquarie University Professor of Social Psychology, Julie Fitness.
With new court rulings that machines cannot be inventors, Macquarie Law School’s Dr Rita Matulionyte explores the implications for AI-driven innovation.