Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

All eyes on koala movements with AI tech in full swing this spring

September is coupled with the arrival of spring, which inspires a flurry of activity in the animal world as breeding season for many different species cranks up a notch.  September is also Save The Koala month, which aims to highlight the threats to koalas, including habitat loss, climate change, disease and human activity, contributing to […]
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Coastal and Marine Research Centre

‘Seaweed mask’ adds to whale-y good day spa offerings

Whales found to roll around and ‘play’ with clumps of kelp as 'body scrub'.
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3 Good Health and Well Being

Hope for sick children requiring medication via an intravenous catheter

Hope is on the horizon for sick children requiring intravenous canulation to administer medication
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14 Life Below Water

River suspended particulate organic matter doesn’t make it to the Reef

Contrary to popular belief, organic suspended particulate matter on the Great Barrier Reef doesn’t come from river run-off
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Griffith Sciences

What’s new, pussycat? The benefits of a vegan cat food, that’s what

Results revealed decreases in vet visits, medication use, health disorders and severe illnesses after feline participants were fed a vegan diet for one year. 
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

PhD student innovates sustainable timber-steel building material

International student Shelley Karkoodi is working hard to create a new sustainable building material that is a composite of timber and steel.
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Bit by bit microplastics from tyres are polluting our waterways

Particles from tyre wear were found to be the most prevalent microplastic in urban stormwater
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Arts Education Law

Nothing fishy about Krish’s winning 3MT presentation

Topics ranging from the future of cruise tourism and the detection of a new species of irukandi jellyfish to developing an effective vaping cessation program were all part of the 2023 instalment of Griffith University’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) presentation final held at South Bank campus in early September. Twelve current PhD confirmed candidates, three […]
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17 Partnerships for the Goals

Research aims to prevent swimmer shoulder injuries

Shoulder injuries can be devastating when it comes to an elite swimmer’s career, causing costly time out from training and sometimes even spelling the end of a sporting journey. But that’d a problem that Alec McKenzie hopes to be able to prevent, with research in partnership with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Swimming Australia.
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Arts Education Law

Griffith DECRAs dream big in latest $86m funding round

Six researchers receive $2,647,686 for DECRA projects. 
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10 Reduced Inequalities

Inspiring girls to pursue STEM this Book Week? That’s RAD!

Children's book aims to break down gender stereotypes and encourages kids to engage in STEM.
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12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Is flood pollution causing turtle strandings? Griffith researchers look for answers in cell response

Researchers at the Australian Rivers Institute are investigating the role chemical pollution had in green turtle strandings on the Fraser Coast following flooding in early 2022.
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Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution

Sea sequin ‘bling’ links Indonesian islands’ ancient communities

Sewing shell beds onto clothing and items across Indonesian islands dates back 12,000 years ago.
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3 Good Health and Well Being

$2.9 million in MRFF grants for mental health and children with cerebral palsy

Two Griffith University-led research projects have been successful in gaining grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) worth $2.9 million.
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11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Australia’s leading research and environment organisations call for major reform at 2023 Right to Repair Summit

Griffith University, Ewaste Watch Institute, Clean Up Australia and the Australian Repair Network are calling for essential reforms that will incentivise and support the repair of products, machines and equipment at the 2023 Australian Repair Summit to be held at the National Library in Canberra on August 11. Trailblazers of the environmental movement, Boomerang Alliance […]
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Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security

Human-bird backyard interactions soar during lockdowns

COVID-19 created global appetite to care for feathered friends.
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Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery (GRIDD)

New Future Fellow aims to stabilise RNA cargo in protein ‘cages’

Novel method could help control agricultural pests via RNA delivery.
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3 Good Health and Well Being

Call for more research into what causes Alzheimer’s

Calls for more study to be conducted into how microorganisms contribute to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
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