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25 Aug 2023
Patrolling honey bees exposes spread of antimicrobial resistance Bees could become biomonitors, checking their neighbourhoods to determine how far antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has spread, according to research by Macquarie University scientists.
23 Aug 2023
Sydney FC moves into Macquarie University Macquarie University is the new home of Sydney FC following the unveiling of the football club’s new $30-million Centre of Excellence.
10 Aug 2023
Deep cycling of carbon and chlorine were likely flipped in Earth’s early history High-pressure experiments are helping scientists understand the deep cycles of carbon and chlorine which are essential for life on earth, and how these have changed since three billion years ago.
04 Aug 2023
Single drop of ethanol to revolutionise nanosensor manufacture Macquarie University engineers have developed a new technique to make the manufacture of nanosensors far less carbon-intensive, much cheaper, more efficient, and more versatile, substantially improving a key process in this trillion-dollar global industry.
03 Aug 2023
Causes of protein build-up could help develop dementia treatment For the first time, a team of researchers has uncovered possible causes for the build-up of tau protein in the brains of patients with a rare neurodegenerative disease – and the discovery could have important implications for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
27 Jul 2023
Six Macquarie researchers awarded ARC Future Fellowships worth over $6m Macquarie University has been awarded more than $6 million across six research projects in the latest funding round of the Australian Research Council’s Future Fellowships scheme.
26 Jul 2023
International moot court success for Macquarie Law School Students from Macquarie University Law School have achieved great success in the prestigious Nuremberg Moot Court 2023, crowned second place in the global competition.
19 Jul 2023
Another sustainability benchmark for Macquarie University Disadvantaged students will be among the priority beneficiaries of a new five-year Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) established by Macquarie University.
12 Jul 2023
Solving rare disease mysteries ... and protecting privacy Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a new way of linking personal records and protecting privacy, a technique that has many potential applications across society. The first application is in identifying cases of rare genetic disorders.
11 Jul 2023
Tropical weaver ants reveal insights into collective decision-making in animals A new study by researchers at Macquarie University and New Jersey Institute of Technology has uncovered how tropical weaver ants make collective decisions in uncertain conditions.
10 Jul 2023
Burns take a toll on academic outcomes A common childhood injury has been shown to slash school completion rates, adding to evidence that being hospitalised can have a long-lasting effect on young people.
05 Jul 2023
New research: Five steps to a world of intelligent life Just five major changes in the computational capacity of brains have led to the world of intelligent life around us.