A University of Newcastle project designed to expose and exploit weaknesses in the way cyber attackers think has been awarded $783,409 Office of National Intelligence funding through the National Intelligence Discovery Grant program, funded by the Australian Government.

University of Newcastle researchers have secured a total of more than $4 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding to support three projects across biomedical, clinical, public health and health services research.

Asthma Australia and the University of Newcastle are inviting adults with asthma to take part in a national digital trial designed to make day-to-day asthma management easier.

Healthy futures start on the plate, with a new NSW-wide collaboration set to improve nutrition for young Australians in childcare services - helping prevent chronic disease and securing their paths to stronger lifelong wellbeing.

A beautiful cross-cultural storytelling project facilitated by the University of Newcastle is amplifying the voices of climate-facing communities and deepening understanding of the environmental and cultural significance of wetlands and waterways across the Pacific.

A University of Newcastle-led project that harvests water from the atmosphere has secured $1,904,166 funding through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund Drought Resilience Innovation Challenges Pilot Program.

New insights from the University of Newcastle's Institute for Regional Futures suggest the Hunter region’s biggest workforce challenge is not only skills training but also untapped workforce capacity.

A national trial of a new tool designed to measure cultural safety in health services from the perspective of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, will aim to track progress and ultimately lift health outcomes.

A new medical engineering technology developed at the University of Newcastle could significantly improve recovery outcomes for burn patients.

Social media algorithms are increasingly revealing users’ sexual orientation or gender identity before they have consciously come out to themselves …

The Australian public and wider rugby league community has supported the Mark Hughes Foundation to raise $3.8 million across the 2026 NRL Beanie for Brain Cancer Round. The Mark Hughes Foundation Centre for Brain Cancer Research at the University of Newcastle will use the proceeds to purchase a unique MRI-PET Imaging Machine to drive new drug development.

New research examining the early implementation of Australia’s world-first social media age restrictions for under 16s has revealed little change in adolescence use of the platforms.