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Associate Professor Ronika Power awarded 2019 Crawford Medal
Associate Professor Ronika Power from Macquarie University’s Department of Ancient History, one of Australia’s foremost experts in bioarcheology, is the recipient of the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 2019 Max Crawford Medal.
Osteoporosis underdiagnosis in aged care facilities is putting lives at risk, study finds
Macquarie University research shows that significant underreporting of osteoporosis in Australian residential aged care facilities points to an epidemic of underdiagnosis which is leading to increased risk of fractures and potential fatal falls.
An island haven for frogs
The island of New Guinea can be kept as a rare refuge from the chytrid fungus that is wiping out frog species around the world
Global leader Natarajan Chandrasekaran awarded honorary doctorate
Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Chandra), the Chairman of Tata Sons, the principal investment holding company of one of India’s largest and most respected business groups with revenues of over $110 billion, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of
Earth recycles ocean floor into diamonds
The diamond on your finger is most likely made of recycled seabed cooked deep in the Earth.
More safe havens for native plants and animals needed in NSW’s west
Location matters for species struggling to survive under a changing climate. A new study led by Macquarie University has found we need to provide more safe havens for wildlife and plant species to survive under climate change in New South Wales&rsquo
Professor Ian Wright elected as Australian Academy of Science Fellow
Internationally renowned plant ecologist Professor Ian Wright from Macquarie University’s Department of Biological Sciences has been named as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
Macquarie University puts progress into action
Macquarie University has announced today it has officially marked the start of construction on the Central Courtyard precinct redevelopment with a ground-breaking ceremony hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor S Bruce Dowton.
Funding for development of new fruit fly control technology
Macquarie University has recently been awarded $4.7 million funding from Horticulture Innovation Australia Ltd to identify the genetic code that enables elimination of females in overseas fruit flies so that these characteristics can be reproduced
Katrina Sedgwick to deliver 2019 Brian Johns Lecture
The Centre for Media History at Macquarie University and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund are pleased to announce that the 2019 Brian Johns Lecture will be held on Tuesday 11 June 2019, at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney. Katrina
It’s not just fish, plastic pollution harms the bacteria that help us breathe
Ten per cent of the oxygen we breathe comes from just one kind of bacteria in the ocean. Now laboratory tests have shown that these bacteria are susceptible to plastic pollution, according to a study published in Communications Biology overnight.
Blood flow command centre discovered in the brain
A team of scientists from Australia, France, New Zealand and the UK has discovered a group of brain cells that function as a ‘master-controller’ for the cardiovascular system by orchestrating the control of blood flow to different parts