Technology
Study of 300-million-year-old faeces finds meat on the menu
Curtin researchers have analysed organic molecules preserved within 306-million-year-old fossilised animal faeces (coprolite) and unlocked a wealth of information about…
Renowned physicist inducted into Western Australian Science Hall of Fame
A world-leading expert in the field of atomic collisions and theoretical physics has been inducted into the Western Australian Science…
Comet impacts formed continents when Solar System entered galactic arms
New Curtin research has found evidence that Earth’s early continents resulted from being hit by comets as our Solar System…
New Curtin Institute to tackle the transition to sustainable energy
A new institute that aims to train and support the next generation of energy opportunity hunters to enable the transition…
Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents
New Curtin research has provided the strongest evidence yet that Earth’s continents were formed by giant meteorite impacts that were…
Four Curtin projects support WA defence research
Four Curtin-led research projects will help pave the way for the next generation of defence technology as part of the…
Curtin-developed machine learning ‘phones home’ for famous Martian rock
New Curtin-led research has pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time…
Four Curtin researchers recognised in 2022 WA Young Tall Poppy Awards
Four Curtin University researchers have been recognised in the Western Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards, an initiative of the…
Leading chair in big data appointed
A new Chair appointment through the Lions Eye Institute and Curtin University will greatly enhance Western Australia’s international competitiveness in…
Lasers light the way to discovery of ancient crust beneath WA
By firing lasers finer than a human hair at tiny grains of a mineral extracted from beach sand, Curtin researchers…