Research
Curtin develops online treatment for young people with OCD
Young people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) now have access to online treatment to assist them to overcome the anxiety disorder.…
Five Curtin finalists in prestigious WA Science Awards
Curtin University has five of the 17 finalists in the Western Australian Science Awards, including two of the four finalists…
WA Science Awards names five finalists from Curtin
Four Curtin academics and one PhD candidate are finalists across three categories in the WA Science Awards. Professor Igor Bray,…
Calls for government to control food labels
Curtin University researchers have found an overwhelming majority of Western Australians support government regulation of food labels and advertising. Dr…
Similar global warming conditions associated with two mass extinctions
Researchers have discovered two of Earth’s ancient mass extinctions wiped out life on the planet in a similar way to…
Gravitational waves help understand black-hole weight gain
Supermassive black holes: every large galaxy has one. But here’s a real conundrum: how did they grow so big? A…
Curtin vaccine to show whooping cough who nose best
Curtin University researchers will develop a new whooping cough vaccine which promises to have fewer side effects, be more effective…
Curtin research uncovers tumour-killing protein
A researcher from Curtin University has discovered a protein that kills brain tumour stem cells and prevents them from regenerating,…
Obesity, predicting the future & Professor Jiwa’s app
Ever wondered what you would look like in the future? Professor Moyez Jiwa’s Future Me app may soon be your…
World’s oldest known cholesterol found in the Western Kimberley
Curtin University researchers have found sterols, including cholesterol, coexisting with their fossilised counterparts (geomolecules) in a 380-million-year-old crab-like fossil from…