Research award winners and Distinguished Professors announced
3 October 2014
Two major events last night highlighted the excellence and outstanding contributions of Macquarie University researchers: the annual Macquarie University Research …
Research
Bioplatforms Australia Partnership on Yeast 2.0
29 September 2014
Macquarie University is excited to announce Bioplatforms Australia as a partner in the synthetic yeast project – Yeast 2.0. Bioplatforms …
Australian Ambassador turns spotlight onto joint Australian / Italian archaeological site
29 September 2014
Recently the Australian Ambassador to Italy, the Right Honourable Mike Rann, visited an international collaboration between Italian and Australian archaeologists …
Experiment makes Schrodinger’s cat choose: things can be real, or certain, but not both
26 September 2014
Experimenting within quantum theory is an extremely complex process, where common intuitions are regularly inverted within shifting reality. Over the …
Families take part in world-leading genetics research at Williams Syndrome Australia Conference
18 September 2014
For the first time in seven years, over 50 Williams syndrome (WS) families from across Australia will come together to …
Dwarf galaxy has ‘bizarre’ Supermassive Black Hole
18 September 2014
Two Australian astronomers are part of the international team who found a supermassive black hole inside the smallest known galaxy. A …
Structured light make circular holes distinguish between left and right
15 September 2014
A group of researchers at Macquarie University has shown that circular dichroism – a differential absorption of the circular polarization …
Psychologists say Milgram’s famous experiment on obedience to authority has been misunderstood
5 September 2014
Just over half a century ago, Stanley Milgram ran the most renowned studies in the history of psychology. He showed …
Professor Ian Paulsen awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship
25 August 2014
Professor Ian Paulsen, Professor of Genomics and Deputy Director of the Macquarie Biomolecular Frontiers Centre has been awarded a prestigious …
Macquarie improves global ranking
18 August 2014
Macquarie University has again moved up in one of the world’s major international ranking systems. According to the Academic Ranking …
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