2015

Associate Professor Murray Cairns has received an $800,000 2014/15 NSW Genomics Collaborative Grant to explore better treatments for schizophrenia.

This is the first in a three part series By Professor Roland Boer, Director of the Religion, Marxism and Secularism research group, on 18th Century Scottish moral philosopher Adam Smith for The Conversation.

A new magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) technique developed by Australian researchers may potentially reduce or delay the need for preventive mastectomies among women at high risk of breast cancer.

Australia's leading contamination and remediation research organisation will be based at the University of Newcastle (UON) from March 2015, in a move that extends the latest clean-up science to a wider range of the nation's major industries.

The team behind the University of Newcastle's highly successful 'What is Engineering?' video has now created 'The cool maths behind engineering' to encourage higher participation in mathematics.

New research shows that children and teenagers are just as likely as adults to report back pain.

University of Newcastle researcher Dr Nikola Bowden is investigating a DNA repair protein that is implicated in ovarian cancer tumours becoming resistant to chemotherapy, with hopes of eventually developing a prognostic test and more tailored treatments.

Hunter researchers have identified a significant new risk factor for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), impacting women who would currently fall outside genetic testing benchmarks for the disease.

Why does an eminent computer scientist team up with a Renaissance literature expert? To design a study using information theory and computer science methods and determine the authorship of plays and poems where that authorship is unknown or disputed, including some of the works of William Shakespeare.

UON welcomes all students - new and returning - for the start of Semester 1 2015.

Nine University of Newcastle researchers have been selected by the Australian Research Council for membership of the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) Research Evaluation Committees.

The University of Newcastle's research capabilities and student offerings will be on display at Avalon2015 from February 24 to March 1