Imogen Crump

Editor, Pursuit and Research, University of Melbourne

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Sciences & Technology

Digging deep for dark matter

A dark matter laboratory at the bottom of a gold mine in rural Victoria could make one of the biggest scientific discoveries ever – proving the existence of dark matter

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Arts & Culture

How music could revolutionise dementia care

A new global study, led by the University of Melbourne, is bringing music in as medicine to treat people with dementia and depression

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Health & Medicine

The probiotic hope for colic

New international research finds that the probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri can help treat breastfed babies less than 3 months old who have colic (and their struggling parents)

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Politics & Society

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Q&A

Q&A: What happens after the ‘yes’

The Australian public has voted ‘Yes” to allow same sex marriage, but what happens next?

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Politics & Society

The legal maze of the marriage equality survey

As Australians prepare to have their say on same-sex marriage, the legitimacy of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey is being challenged in the High Court. Here’s an expert guide to the legal issues facing both the survey and any possible

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Environment

Are these Australia’s happiest dairy cows?

Watch our video of the University of Melbourne’s robotic dairy, where the cows decide when they’re milked

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Environment

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Q&A

Q&A: Aspiring to an ecocity future

Urban design, planning, building and maintenance must respond creatively, appropriately and effectively to the relationship between the social and the natural at both the local and global level. But how do the needs of countries differ?

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Sciences & Technology

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Go Figure

Silage: Rocket-fuel for cows

Smelly, pickled grass wrapped in plastic is actually a super food for cows. Silage is full of goodness, but it also gives farmers an extra tool for managing resources

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Health & Medicine

Stopping the flu virus at the nose

Research finds special flu-fighting cells in our noses that not only stop the influenza virus in its tracks, but could also open the way for a one-shot flu vaccine

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Health & Medicine

Breakthrough: Medicinal cannabis and severe epilepsy

A major scientific breakthrough finds that a type of medicinal cannabis significantly reduces convulsive seizures in children with a severe form of epilepsy