Is your garden putting your health at risk? Free test for soil metal contamination at Open Day 2013
7 September 2013
Update: see the latest Vegesafe news here. Urban gardens and home vegetable patches are increasingly popular in Sydney, yet few …
Research
New quantum engineering system offers all-optical switching of light for telecommunications and more
6 September 2013
A new theoretical quantum engineering system designed by Australian researchers opens up exciting opportunities for telecommunications and optical devices through …
Switching sexes and rearranging genitals: Tahitian bugs reveal unusual habits
5 September 2013
Researchers from Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales have discovered a strange mechanism whereby two species of …
Breakthrough in sensing at the nanoscale
2 September 2013
Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world’s most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using …
Research shows some people are surprisingly good at getting along with dangerous neighbours
2 September 2013
Macquarie University anthropologist Marcus Baynes-Rock has found that people are not always quick to kill predators who attack their children. …
Destroying the joint and dying of shame? New research explores feminist revitalisation in social media and beyond
23 August 2013
A new paper in Geographic Research examines the revitalisation of interest in feminist thought in Australia and around the world, …
Parents invited to take part in free AD/HD parenting program
23 August 2013
Researchers in the Department of Psychology will be running a well-known parenting program this year as part of an evaluation …
Macquarie honoured with three nominations for prestigious Eureka Prizes
7 August 2013
Considered ‘The Oscars of Australian Science’, the Eureka Prizes are the premier science prizes in Australia presented annually by the …
The mighty Eucalypt. How much water do they use?
6 August 2013
In a recent Ecohydrology article, Dr Melanie Zeppel has reported the remarkable finding that all Eucalypts measured across Australia used …
Smokers: frustration, temptation, inhalation – tried meditation?
6 August 2013
“I can resist everything except temptation” Oscar Wilde. Research has shown that attention and reaction can affect drinking and smoking. …
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