The new type of public transport could significantly ease traffic congestion in Australia’s largest cities, says 2018 WA Scientist of the Year Professor Peter Newman.
By Daniel Jauk | Feature; Research; Research Featured; Sustainable development; Agriculture, environment and sustainability; Humanities | Leave a comment
WA’s rural communities are more actively engaged in volunteering than their city counterparts, but the sector is facing volunteer shortages and burnout risks, a new BCEC report says.
By Yasmine Phillips | Business; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law; Social sciences
Curtin research has found the impact of mining on animals is overlooked in mine site restoration assessments, prompting a call for greater onus to be put on operators to restore animal communities.
By Lucien Wilkinson | Environment; General; Research; Research Featured; Science and technology; Agriculture, environment and sustainability; Engineering and mining; Science and Engineering
Almost one-third of children living with HIV in Malawi experienced emotional and behavioural difficulties, according to their primary caregivers in new research led by Curtin University.
By Lauren Sydoruk | Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Health
Employees who engage in sporting, learning and volunteering activities outside work are more likely to get a better night’s sleep and be more proactive in their job.
By Lauren Sydoruk | Business; Research; Research Featured; Business, management and law
The global stories of Indigenous and refugee deaths in custody will be told using visual media as part of an innovative international research project being launched this month.
By Lucien Wilkinson | Arts and culture; General; Research Featured; Culture, language and Indigenous; Humanities; The arts and creative industries
Curtin University will be home to new equipment vital for gaining a better understanding of the Earth and its place in the Universe after AuScope received $5 million in Federal Government funding.
By Yasmine Phillips | Campus and community; Research; Research Featured; Science and technology; Science and Engineering
Curtin University research into lunar rock samples retrieved by astronauts almost 50 years ago has found one of the samples may be originally from Earth, thrown into space by an asteroid impact.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Research Featured; Science and technology; Science and Engineering
Almost two thirds of children living with HIV in Malawi were not informed about their HIV status by their primary caregivers, new research led by Curtin University found.
By Lauren Sydoruk | Health and medicine; Research; Research Featured; Health
Managers and professional employees who have boring and dull jobs themselves are more likely to design demotivating, disengaging, low-skill and repetitive jobs for others.
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