Faculty of Science

Climate emergency: Lessons from the Past?Professor Silvia Frisia, who leads a team investigating prehistoric climates, discusses the history of climate change with ABC Newcastle's Kia Handley.

Researchers at the University of Newcastle and Macquarie University have found a novel way to remotely track fish in shallow water environments.

The University of Newcastle is proud to be named as a Women in STEM Decadal Plan Champion by the Australian Academy of Science.

It’s a $2.23 billion industry and employs almost 20,000 locals; now, the Central Coasts’ food sector has been awarded one of four national grants through the newly-launched Central Coast Food Alliance (CCFA).

We make food decisions several times a day – from what time we eat to how much – but a new joint study by the University of Newcastle and the University of Otago, New Zealand study has found we are not very good at judging the energy-density of what we consume.

Professor Michael Breakspear joined the University of Newcastle in early-2019 to establish a new brain imaging group at the Hunter Medical Research Institute’s neuroimaging facility.

University of Newcastle Senior Lecturer Dr Hannah Power, along with her research collaborators A/Prof Tom Hubble and Dr Samantha Clarke from the University of Sydney, have been awarded the exciting opportunity to join a transit voyage on the CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator.

Dr Emma Beckett, B.BiomedSc (Hons), GDip (ClinEpi), MSc.Mngt, PhD (Food Science) has been recognised as an Achiever in the Beryl Nashar Young Researcher Award in the 2019 Alumni Awards.

Faculty research examines the impact of low-frequency radio waves on human cells. In an article published in the Newcastle Herald in July 2019, Dr Geoff De Iuliis, Senior Lecturer, School of Environmental and Life Sciences (Reproductive Medicine) talks about his research into the potential effects of wi-fi and mobile technologies on human cells.

Professor Michael Breakspear leads the Australian chapter of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping."We're developing diagnostic tests for people with mental illness". Michael says. "It’s called Precision Psychiatry. The goal is genetic testing and brain imaging tests; the genetic tests are not that far away"

Nominate now for NIER'S 2019 Research Awards

Six University of Newcastle researchers have been named as top in their field in new data published in The Australian’s 2019 Research magazine this week.