Latest Australian Research Council News

UQ to establish 5 research hubs and training centres to address workforce, resources needs
AI reveals how a warming climate will intensify NZ’s most extreme downpours
Microbe Recovery Vital For Healthy Soil
University secures key role in $5m ARC space centre
Honey bee hives have ‘living immune systems’ which defend against disease
UNSW Researchers And Start-up Win AFR Energy Awards
Feral – and threatened? Endangered camels, banteng and hog deer have found an unexpected refuge in Australia
There’s a hidden bias affecting what we know – and don’t know – about nature
Is It Worth It? Psychology Of Effort
UWA to lead $20M National Centre for Space Domain Awareness
Australia’s ‘digital duty of care’ was just introduced to parliament. So what’s in the bill?
Unemployment in Australia hits a five-year high of 4.7%, making a rates hike less likely
$82.5 million awarded for 17 new Research Hubs and Training Centres
Australian scavengers don’t just eat everything and slink away. They approach a carcass like a buffet
It’s no secret drug firms donate to political parties. But it’s still a secret exactly how much, and why
Why are there so many plants? New research reveals two key phases in Earth’s past
How the ‘digital duty of care’ bill could undermine vital sex and drug education online
Extreme El Niños are coming. Reaching net zero sooner means facing fewer of them
Conservation parks don’t have to be vast – as one tiny grasshopper reminds us
Invasive species do much more damage in Australia and NZ than elsewhere. But why?
Is this the ‘mathocalypse’? Why OpenAI’s latest results dump has left mathematicians in shock
Success With ARC Future Fellowships
Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt
Pacific people pay exorbitant prices for energy. Rich countries should back their renewable transition
Queensland is leading Australia’s fight against illicit tobacco. Should other states follow suit?
ARC Training Centre launched to support sustainable packaging solutions
Centre for Advancing Journalism expands focus to information integrity
Conservationists are discovering ‘bright spots’ around the globe. Here’s why they matter
Where are the best places for life in the cosmos? A universe in a supercomputer yields the answer
The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?
Biotechnology Study Options Boosted At QUT
In a year of record-breaking heat, Australia and Pacific leaders meet to sharpen climate goals
Australia’s proposed laws could help regulate privacy risks from chatbots – if we get the details right
UQ Researchers Secure $35m In ARC Funding
Appointments – Members – Tax Practitioners Board
Drones, satellites and AI help scientists watch over Antarctica’s smallest lifeforms
Trust, safety and control shaping how Australians use energy at home, report finds
Tragedy stopped Mawson exploring this remote Antarctic region. We must get there to study its melting ice
How sugar from outer space became one of the backbones of life on Earth
Five reasons why Victoria’s new proactive homelessness plan is worth trying
One giant clam contains a month-by-month diary of the Great Barrier Reef’s climate 200 years ago
AI often leaves out minority languages – but some communities are turning it into a lifeline
More deaths, less outrage: are we becoming numb to the horrors of family violence?
UNSW researcher honoured for contribution to marine science
The space race should not endanger Australian wildlife
Sharks often swim across national borders. Our conservation efforts must travel with them
Housing stress is on the rise: 7 essential charts from this year’s HILDA survey
The dingo debate is heating up. How we manage these animals will determine their future