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Timor-Leste is taking steps to achieve greater food security for its people with a research partnership with Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers to increase on-farm labour productivity. The project will help to guide development initiatives to improve the low agricultural productivity in Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste’s staples are maize, sweet potatoes and rice. According to Development … Continued
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A former journalist and now leading communications academic will share how early career scholars can use their research findings to create lasting, real-world change at Charles Darwin University’s (CDU) 2024 Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Conference. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Purposeful Research – Making a Change in Real Life’, giving HDR and honours … Continued
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The Eastern Health Institute currently has more than 1,150 ongoing research projects underway, discovering ways to enhance and shape the future of health. Through the Institute, Eastern Health maintains productive research and educational links with its three main partners: Monash, Deakin, and La Trobe Universities; this last year alone, the Institute authored 543 research papers. The … Continued
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New research from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) suggests that high blood pressure treatment should be part of Alzheimer’s disease prevention strategies. Hypertension is the most common risk factor for dementia, affecting an estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide, including over half of all people over the age of 65. Antihypertensive medication is known … Continued
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A groundbreaking new study into the patterns of terrorist language could help authorities create algorithms to detect and flag extremist content online. The study by Charles Darwin University (CDU) Linguistics Lecturer and Forensic Linguistics expert Dr Awni Etaywe focused on public statements made by former Boko Haram leader Abubaker Shekau and former ISIS leader Abubaker … Continued
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The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has welcomed the launch of the new National Science Statement and revitalised National Science and Research Priorities by Minister for Industry and Science, The Hon Ed Husic MP and Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM. The revitalised National Science and Research Priorities will guide Australian science and … Continued
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The Alliance welcomes the support by the Government of Western Australia (WA) to its regional patients by increasing the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) fuel subsidy to cover the inflationary increase of fuel costs of long travel to access medical care, which is a significant relief to the increasing cost of living. The WA PATS … Continued
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Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers are calling out for over 500 citizen scientists living in the northern part of the Territory and Western Australia to collect water samples from their bores using sampling kits in a bid to increase water security. Groundwater is stored beneath the Earth’s surface and is often seen as out of … Continued
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The City of Darebin recognised in Australian-first as the first local council to achieve Welcoming Cities accreditation at the Excelling Level This week, the City of Darebin was awarded the first Excelling Accreditation in the Welcoming Cities network. Welcoming Cities accreditation recognises the commitment local government organisations make to advancing inclusion in their community. … Continued
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As Australia’s health system struggles with the growing burden of preventable disease, new analysis published today provides important insights into Government research funding that is designed to help keep Australians healthy and out of hospitals. The new examination of projects and grants issued through the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is the first … Continued
