With about one-third of the world’s corals currently under threat of extinction due to climate change, Curtin researchers have made the encouraging discovery of a ‘lost’ species of coral.
By Lucien Wilkinson | Environment; General; Research; Science and technology
Researchers will work to deliver the first-ever optical communications from a 1U CubeSat based on the technology behind WA’s Binar-1 spacecraft as the result of a new partnership.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology
A powerful radio-wave laser, called a ‘megamaser’, has been observed by the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology
Curtin research has revealed that soil erosion and wildfires contributed to a mass extinction event 201 million years ago that ended the Triassic era and paved the way for the rise of dinosaurs.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; International; Research; Science and technology
Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after pinpointing its exact location on the vast Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia, with a new technique that uses a drone and AI.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology; Student Featured
Two Curtin University PhD students have been named prestigious Forrest Research Foundation Scholars.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Health and medicine; Research; Science and technology; Student Featured
Curtin researchers have developed a new technique by studying the age of ancient grains of sand from beaches, rivers and rocks from around the world to reveal the Earth’s hidden geological history.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology
A research team within Curtin University has embarked on a new project to find safe and sustainable solutions to herbicide resistance, with the ultimate aim of protecting food supply in Australia.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology
Researchers studying a Martian meteorite have found the first evidence of high-intensity damage caused by asteroid impact, in findings that have implications for when life on Mars may have existed.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technology
A team mapping radio waves in the Universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it’s unlike anything astronomers have seen before.
By Lucien Wilkinson | General; Research; Science and technologyCRICOS Provider Code: WA 00301J
