24 Nov 2015

Vulnerability to internal plumbing failure puts the tallest trees in rainforests at increased risk of death during drought, a study in the Amazon forests in...

17 Nov 2015

Professor Stefan Broer has been awarded a Diabetes Australia grant to study the targeting of amino acid transport to treat type 2 diabetes.  The award was...

12 Nov 2015

A team of Australian researchers will contribute to a G20 nations plan to strengthen future, global food security by making more energy efficient wheat....

9 Nov 2015

As part of a large international effort to increase wheat yields and boost food security, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational...

9 Nov 2015

RSB Plant Scientist Rob Sharwood has been awarded a Thomas Davies Research Grant from the Australian Academy of Science for his proposal “Unlocking the...

2 Nov 2015

The School has done very well with regards to Discovery projects and DECRA fellowships.  Congratulations to all successful applicants. Discovery Projects...

21 Oct 2015

Graham Farquhar has won Australia’s top science prize, in recognition of his work that transformed our understanding of the biological process that...

8 Oct 2015

Scientists have discovered that rock-wallabies living in north east Queensland are sharing genetic material despite belonging to six different species. These...

1 Oct 2015

Researchers at ANU have found frill-necked lizards have different coloured frills, depending on where they live and what they eat. The colour of the frill on...

16 Sep 2015

In the first study of its kind researchers have gone beyond looking at the attraction of smell to investigate the role of flower shape and size in sexually...

10 Sep 2015

Scientists studying funnel-web spiders at Booderee National Park near Jervis Bay, NSW, have found a large example of an unexpected funnel-web species.

1 Sep 2015

With great sadness, we acknowledge the passing of Professor Jan Anderson FAA FRS FDhc (Umeå) on 28 August 2015. Jan died peacefully in hospital after...