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  1. 29 May 2023 - Science Matters

    Monitoring Melbourne’s Sunbury Earthquake

    Melbourne’s latest earthquake in Sunbury highlights the need for more monitoring, particularly in western Victoria, say University of Melbourne experts

  2. 25 May 2023 - Science Matters

    Postbiotics: the new kid in the gut health family

    In addition to prebiotics and probiotics, the newest factors for gut health are known as ‘postbiotics’; a University of Melbourne expert explains what they are

  3. 11 May 2023 - Science Matters

    Healing wounds with differential equations

    University of Melbourne mathematical biologist Professor Jennifer Flegg uses mathematics to solve biological problems like wound healing and infectious diseases

  4. 8 May 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    Why you don’t want ‘phantom energy’ on a spacecraft

    Measuring and removing ‘phantom’ levels of electricity from energy harvesting devices has been challenging – until now, say University of Melbourne experts.

  5. 13 April 2023 - Science Matters

    The wingless grasshopper that could cross Bass Strait, but not the Yarra River

    New genomic data can track Australia’s wingless matchstick grasshopper from Tasmania to the mainland, say University of Melbourne experts.

  6. 3 April 2023 - Engineering & Technology

    Giving Australians ‘smart’ incentives to drive safe

    Personalised driver feedback and financial incentives are new strategies that address Australia’s increasing road trauma, say University of Melbourne experts.

  7. 15 March 2023 - Inside Business

    A sustainable solution to Australia’s engineering skills shortage

    To solve our skills shortage, we need to go beyond temporary migration and inspire a stronger connection with engineering, says a University of Melbourne expert

  8. 29 March 2023 - Science Matters

    Insects have more complex immune systems than we thought

    University of Melbourne researchers have found that insects and other invertebrates have complex immune systems which can be used to protect their offspring

  9. 28 March 2023 - Science Matters

    The fly DNA fighting killer bacteria

    The genome of an Australian fly has won an evolutionary “arms race” against a killer bacteria by evolving to co-exist with it, say University of Melbourne.