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News • 06 Aug 2013
Calorie restriction increases longevity – or does it?
By Surinder Baines, University of NewcastleHere's an interesting stat to bring up at the dinner table: for each human cell …
News • 29 Jul 2013
Acclaim for researchers
University of Newcastle researchers have won two awards at the National Preventative Health Awards presented at the National Preventive Health Symposium
News • 23 Jul 2013
Medical innovation
University researcher’s antibiotic device to improve home healthcare
News • 23 Jul 2013
Leading the bid for a Cooperative Research Centre for Wildlife Biodiversity
The University of Newcastle is leading a Trans-Tasman consortium bid for a Cooperative Research Centre for Wildlife Biodiversity (Wildlife Biodiversity CRC)
News • 22 Jul 2013
Shakespeare and cancer diagnoses: how bard can it be?
Shakespeare’s plays and cancer: two seemingly unrelated topics with an underlying common thread.
News • 19 Jul 2013
Glum and glummer: Australia vs US on science literacy results
Perhaps the only positive note that can be sounded on the Australian science literacy survey results, released on Wednesday by the Australian Academy of Science
News • 17 Jul 2013
Cancer Genome Atlas
Scientists and clinicians aim to foster targeted approach to cancer treatment by improving communication channels.
News • 03 Jul 2013
Is the world really becoming less violent?
There is a growing consensus among scholars that rates of violence in Western countries are steadily declining, and have been doing so for centuries.
News • 28 Jun 2013
Creative Industries
One of six University of Newcastle projects awarded highly prestigious Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grants worth a total of $1.8 million.
News • 20 Jun 2013
An Australian First
Emeritus Professor Terry Wall is the first Australian to win the esteemed Percy Nicholls Solid Fuels Award...
News • 20 Jun 2013
University of Newcastle moves up in Times Higher Education World Top 100 under 50 rankings
Times Higher Education ranks the University of Newcastle 40th in the world's best universities under 50 years...
Events
Webinar
New oral history resources and training
For those interested in oral history methodology and practice, there are two new resources available.
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Works in Practice
A new research collective at the University of Newcastle that aims to foster a supportive and collaborative community of practice.
In person
Student to Startup
Three Newcastle student founders share the unfiltered reality of building a startup while studying.
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Launch: Quiet Protest: A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War
The Vietnam War sparked the largest public demonstrations Australia had ever seen. You're invited to the launch of Quiet Protest - A New History of Activism during the Vietnam War.
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