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 […]

Whales found to roll around and ‘play’ with clumps of kelp as 'body scrub'.

Hope is on the horizon for sick children requiring intravenous canulation to administer medication

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

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

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

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

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 […]

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.

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

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

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.

Sewing shell beds onto clothing and items across Indonesian islands dates back 12,000 years ago.

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

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 […]

COVID-19 created global appetite to care for feathered friends.

Novel method could help control agricultural pests via RNA delivery.

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