Research
Research supports water birth for women with a low-risk pregnancy
Eighty per cent of the Western Australian women who planned to give birth in water experienced a normal, uncomplicated vaginal…
Static electricity splits chemical bonds, new research finds
Researchers from Curtin University have been able to demonstrate how chemical bonds between atoms are impacted by static electricity, unlocking…
Statistics investment to underpin WA grains research advances
The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) has announced a major new investment aimed at strengthening and enhancing national and…
Astronomers peer into the lair of a mysterious cosmic radio burster
An international team of astronomers have used two of the world’s largest radio telescopes to show that a mysterious source…
Oldest land-plant microfossils in Australia found in WA’s Canning Basin
Collaborative research led by the WA Organic & Isotope Geochemistry Centre at Curtin University has discovered the oldest land-plant microfossils…
Getting to the root of the problem
As food security becomes an acute global problem due to factors such as population growth, land degradation and climate change,…
Electrochemical aspects of semiconductors no longer ‘flawed’
Researchers from Curtin University have been able to reproduce and explain the often puzzling behaviour of electrons that enter or…
New Curtin Professor and MWA Director to help drive WA towards the SKA
Curtin University has attracted one of the world’s leading astronomers from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt…
Telescopes team up to study giant galaxy
Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of…
New project offers snapshots into the lives of WA’s refugee community
West Australians will be given a glimpse into the lives of families from refugee backgrounds as part of a new…