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Soft tissue measurements critical to hominid reconstruction

Hominid facial reconstruction

Accurate soft tissue measurements are critical when making reconstructions of human ancestors, a new study from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and Arizona State University has found.

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On a mission to discover unknown Australian species

Insects image by Gordan Johnson from Pixabay.

Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by the Australian Academy of Science’s Taxonomy Australia, to discover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.

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New biocontrol research to help prevent mice plagues

Professor Paul Thomas, the ³ÉÈË´óƬ

Scientists at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ are partnering with the CSIRO and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions on breakthrough genetic biocontrol research to help control mice populations and prevent future mice plagues.

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Insights into continuous waves from neutron stars

Neutron star

Australian Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) team, which includes scientists from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, are close to detecting a new type of gravitational wave, which could provide insights into one of the strangest things in the Universe.

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University mourns passing of James Crawford (1948-2021)

His Excellency Judge James Crawford

The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has expressed its sorrow following the death of one of its greatest law graduates, His Excellency Judge James Crawford AC SC FBA.

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