Research and Innovation
News • 28 Jul 2014
Mary, Queen of Scots was a poet - and you should know it
Think Mary, Queen of Scots and a few key facts probably come to mind: she was Catholic, she was imprisoned and she had her head chopped off.
News • 25 Jul 2014
Jeff Koons - a spectacle on the way to respectable
Kit Messham-Muir, Senior Lecturer in the School of Creative Industries at University of Newcastle. American Jeff Koons is possibly the most contentious artist
News • 23 Jul 2014
Landmark schizophrenia genetic study
UON researchers have helped unearth more than 100 genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, through the largest ever genome-wide study of the disease.
News • 21 Jul 2014
Three Minute Thesis
Students to compete against clock and each other in thesis final
News • 18 Jul 2014
International Research Centre Launched
New international research centre on balanced land use
News • 15 Jul 2014
Companion Robot Technology
UON researchers give Tin Man a heart with the invention of technology aimed at enabling robots to feel emotion in a near human-like manner.
News • 11 Jul 2014
Muscle mania: young men aren’t alone with body image concerns
Dr Julia Coffey's article on The Conversation: Young Men Body Image Concerns
News • 10 Jul 2014
Prestigious fellowship
Health sociology lecturer Dr Caragh Brosnan has been awarded a fellowship by Australia’s leading complementary medicine research centre.
News • 09 Jul 2014
Ben Quilty at the Saatchi Gallery … things just got interesting
By Kit Messham-Muir, University of Newcastle Ben Quilty is the first Australian artist to hold a solo show at the Saatchi Gallery in London
News • 03 Jul 2014
Doors open to researchers
HMRI will open its doors for a rare glimpse into the latest medical research, with the opportunity to meet some of the University’s leading researchers.
News • 01 Jul 2014
Respiratory disease breakthrough
Researchers have discovered sinister specks of a molecule known as ASC that are exacerbating the biological inflammatory response in major airway diseases.
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