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

Scientists and clinicians aim to foster targeted approach to cancer treatment by improving communication channels.

Online study with clubs to combat drinking culture in sport.

There is a growing consensus among scholars that rates of violence in Western countries are steadily declining, and have been doing so for centuries.

One of six University of Newcastle projects awarded highly prestigious Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grants worth a total of $1.8 million.

Emeritus Professor Terry Wall is the first Australian to win the esteemed Percy Nicholls Solid Fuels Award...

Could a dire new infection sweep the world in a matter of weeks? Might the disease be so strange that it alters the behaviour of people beyond recognition, maki

Times Higher Education ranks the University of Newcastle 40th in the world's best universities under 50 years...

The University of Newcastle is leading a research project into the link between technology use and childhood obesity.

Superfoods is a buzzword now part of mainstream food and health language, often touted as miracle foods that cure all ills, stave off ageing and disease, or aid

By Surinder Baines, University of NewcastleThe "new" weight-loss strategy known as the 5:2 diet has been receiving much attention in …

University of Newcastle research doctorate student, Namira Williams, has won the prestigious Australian College of Midwives 2013 NSW Midwife of the Year.