Media releases
Decades-long study finds endangered whales are having fewer babies
A world-class collaborative research project has found that the Australian population of southern right whales is calving less frequently and…
Curtin researchers make battery-free breakthrough
New Curtin University-led research has found a more effective way to improve the output of autonomous power sources, such as…
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…
Worldwide flower family bloomed 50 million years before the dinosaurs
New Curtin-led research has discovered that a group of flowering plants with more than one thousand species worldwide is 150…
New study to find COVID-fighting properties in existing medications
Nearly 50 existing prescription medications already used by Australians will be tested by new research in the fight against COVID’s…
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…
World-leading Curtin evolution expert named 2022 Scientist of the Year
Curtin University congratulates John Curtin Distinguished Professor Kliti Grice on being named Scientist of the Year at the 2022 Premier’s…
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…
New chapter for Curtin College starts at Curtin Exchange
Curtin College – the on-campus pathway for thousands of Curtin students from across the globe – has moved into its…