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The Australian Government has awarded a Curtin University-led research mission AU$50 million over the next 10 years to help improve the lives of people with traumatic brain injuries of all severities, from concussion in sports to severe brain injuries from road accidents.The research funding goes...

Researchers at the University of Canterbury are working on an ingenious new solution to turn food waste into valuable chemical components that could be used to make bioplastics.At UC’s Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Dr Alex Yip is leading research into food waste conversion, and...

Researchers from the University of Otago, who have been undertaking a study to document the biodiversity of Loch Ness by collecting DNA left in the lake, have revealed that they have made a surprising new discovery about the Loch’s famous monster resident.The research team, led by the University of...

The University of Queensland has been recognised as the top university in the southern hemisphere for global research quality in the 2019 CWTS Leiden Rankings – as measured by the number of publications of a university belonging in the top 1 per cent of their field.The rankings measured the...

The University of Canterbury aims to craft the future of immersive gaming in New Zealand by assembling an international team of experts, thanks to a Government funding boost of over NZ$3 million and University funding of NZ$4.5 million.The University’s Applied Immersive Gaming Initiative (AIGI) is...