The future of green infrastructure
Alumni
A new smart planter is set to provide a simple and efficient way to green buildings and surfaces where conventional planting is impossible
Arts Education Law
Early career researchers secure more than $1.7m in ARC funding
Four Griffith research projects secure ARC funding.
Arts Education Law
Climate impacts on beach lifestyle in the spotlight
Researchers ask what can we do to ready ourselves – and our weekends – for climate altered futures?
Alumni
Griffith’s Outstanding Alumni Award 2022 winners
Griffith University has named five winners at its prestigious Outstanding Alumni Awards 2022, with an acclaimed Aboriginal author taking out the top gong.
Arts Education Law
Shaun voices his research on his way to 3MT glory
Topics ranging from developmental language disorders to understanding the role of colour in music notation and koala conservation were part of the 2022 instalment of Griffith University's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation final.
Arts Education Law
Researchers discover earliest known stone-age surgery
A team of Indonesian and Australian archaeologists co-led by Griffith University academics has unearthed the skeletal remains of a young hunter-gatherer whose lower left leg was amputated by a skilled prehistoric surgeon 31,000 years ago. The discovery, published in Nature, is thought to be the earliest known evidence for a complex medical act, pre-dating other […]
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
‘Stealth privatisation’ in national parks threatens mental health boosts
Research shows productivity gains of up to 11% for people who visit protected parks in Australia at least once a month.
Arts Education Law
Fossil ape teeth open a new window into ancient seasonal climates
Fossilised teeth of ancient mammals from a 17-million-year-old Kenyan site reveals climate variability.
Arts Education Law
‘Rare honour’: Griffith archaeologists win top Indonesian award
Award recognises Griffith's ground-breaking research into rock art dating in Indonesia.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Stone Age discovery shows Homo sapiens survived in the Kalahari
Researchers have traveled back in time to discover Homo sapiens did indeed live and survive in the Kalahari Desert more than 20,000 years ago.
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution
Wood sharpens stone: boomerangs used to retouch lithic tools
Study highlights stone tool shaping among multiple uses of boomerangs.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Decreasing backyard bird diversity flies under the radar
'Common' Aussie bird species experiencing declines in prevalence in urban areas.
Griffith Sciences
Ultra-thin but tough implantable material could treat spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s disease
Flexible implanted electronics a step closer towards clinical applications with innovative silicon carbide technology.
Australian Rivers Institute
Climate change could lead to larger algal blooms
Griffith-led research has revealed that both the decrease in wind and the higher temperatures accompanying climate change can cause bigger algal blooms.
Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security
Elephant tweets highlight divide on conservation issues
Social media analysis highlights major threats to elephant conservation overshadowed.
Alumni
Griffith launches two cancer research centres with $4.6m ACRF funding
Griffith University has launched two cancer research centres backed by $4.6 million in funding from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation this month.
Australian Rivers Institute
Meeting of the waters: Aligning the traditional knowledge and science
Griffith University researchers partnered with Traditional Custodians to tell the story of how science interweaves with the Traditional Knowledge of the Mitchell River
Australian Rivers Institute
Phil Duncan awarded doctorate for Indigenous water advocacy
Gomeroi man Mr Phil Duncan awarded an honorary doctorate by Griffith University in recognition of his work protecting waterways and preserving Indigenous knowledge