Media releases
O Christmas Tree: DNA shows WA’s largest parasitic plant adapts to climate
A closer look at DNA from south-western Australia’s native Nuytsia floribunda, known as the WA Christmas Tree, has found that…
Australia’s first Indigenous Chair for Biodiversity and Environmental Science
Curtin University has appointed noted Australian ecologist Dr Stephen van Leeuwen as Australia’s first Indigenous Chair for Biodiversity and Environmental…
New BHP-Curtin alliance to drive innovation, research and education
Curtin University and BHP have joined forces in a powerful new partnership to develop research and innovation projects, and support…
John Curtin Gallery celebrates its reopening with exhibition of significant works from the Collection
The John Curtin Gallery will reopen at the end of July with an exhibition of 50 significant, recently acquired art…
Study finds West Australians need better education to prevent snake bites
New Curtin University-led research has found that people living in rural and urban areas across Western Australia need to be…
Curtin climbs in global research rankings
Curtin has been ranked ninth in Australia and 271st in the world, a rise of 11 places, in the latest…
Boost for liver cancer patients with new $10.8 million world-class research centre
Patients with primary liver cancer will benefit from a new $10.8 million research centre established with a $5 million Cancer…
Shining light into the dark – Curtin discovery makes microscopic imaging possible in dark conditions
Curtin University researchers have discovered a new way to more accurately analyse microscopic samples by essentially making them ‘glow in…
Curtin study could rewrite Earth’s history
Curtin University-led research has found new evidence to suggest that the Earth’s first continents were not formed by subduction in…
Double take: New study analyses global, multiple-tailed lizards
Curtin research into abnormal regeneration events in lizards has led to the first published scientific review on the prevalence of…