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.
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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 the dark’.
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 a modern-like plate tectonics environment as previously…
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 lizards that have re-generated more than one tail.
New rankings place 23 Curtin subjects in Australia’s top 10
Curtin University has featured in 35 of the 54 subjects ranked in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020, and has 23 subjects listed in Australia’s top 10.
New Curtin research uncovers the two ‘faces’ of the Earth
New Curtin University-led research has uncovered how rocks sourced from the Earth’s mantle are linked to the formation and breakup of supercontinents and super oceans over the past 700 million…
Curtin project awarded funding to test new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
A Curtin University-led research project has been awarded $1.72 million in Federal Government funding to trial a new treatment for patients with the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease.
Study finds oldest children in school-grade outperform youngest in NAPLAN
A new Curtin University study has found a child’s birthday can affect their NAPLAN results, with the oldest children in a classroom on average outperforming their younger classmates.
Curtin’s global young university rankings on the rise again
Curtin University has been ranked 17th in the world in the QS Top 50 under 50 for 2021, jumping four places from last year. It’s also placed 4th best in Australia.
Shy species detected through new DNA technique
New species-specific tests that can detect endangered aquatic animals through the DNA they shed in the water has been created by researchers at the University of Adelaide and Curtin…