Research news

PRaDA adds depth and breadth

Professor Svetha Venkatesh (second from left) with members of the award-winning iCetana team.
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:00 +1100
Professor Svetha Venkatesh's award-winning team changing the research landscape.

Taste function not influenced by chemotherapy

Associate Professor Russell Keast
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 +1100
Research challenges commonly-held belief.

Obesity rates getting bigger

Associate Professor Julie Pasco
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:29:00 +1100
Study shows 60 per cent of populations exceeds thresholds.

Australia and Indonesia

Professor Damien Kingsbury
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:35:00 +1100
Seize the window of opportunity, says Professor Damien Kingsbury.

Arthritis - poor areas suffer more!

Dr Sharon Brennan
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:00 +1100
Intervention efforts may need to focus on both people and places, says Dr Sharon Brennan.

Bound for South Australia

Cover of Not Dark Yet
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:00 +1100
Professor David Walker goes home to be part of Adelaide Festival.

African mango no wonder cure

Dark chocolate
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:36:00 +1100
Super diets, including dark chocolate, are better than superfoods, Associate Professor Tim Crowe tells the Sydney Morning Herald.

The future of manufacturing in Australia

VCAMM is housed within the Geelong Technology Precinct on Deakin's Waurn Ponds Campus.
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +1100
Brad Dunstan, CEO of Deakin collaborator VCAMM, talks to Radio National's Jonathan Green.

Vitamin D deficiency strikes one-third of Australians

The sun
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:42:00 +1100
Study of 11,000 finds emerging major public health issue, says Professor Rob Daly.

Australia and Appeasement

Menzies' first cabinet - 1939
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:46:00 +1100
Dr Christopher Waters' new book examines our response to Hitler.

O Flower of Scotland!

Scottish flag
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:32:00 +1100
Is one of the oldest political unions about to founder, asks Roy Hay.

Can quolls survive cane toad threat?

Northern quoll
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +1100
Deakin researcher Hannah Pusey seeks the answer.

Gold standard!

A single thread of carbon fibres is all but invisible to the naked eye.
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:09:00 +1100
Deakin's global carbon fibre composite leadership boosted by arrival of Favimat (AI) Robot2.

Ethnicity bias in post-fracture care

Dr Sharon Brennan
Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:15:00 +1100
Geelong researcher collaborating with Canadian-based University finds stark findings.

Five months in Fiji ...

Dr Jonathan Ritchie
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:06:00 +1100
... or a Semester in Senibua Land, by Jonathan Ritchie

State of economic policy debate

Alfred Deakin Research Institute
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:46:00 +1100
Video of breakthrough Deakin forum now online.

Milking it

Western District dairy farm
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:56:00 +1100
Deakin to help grow Western District dairy industry.

Conroy's milking hertz too much

Apple iPad
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:14:00 +1100
Regional auctions should be held for broadband, not just spectrum, says Professor Michael Porter

Wonders of the deep

Marine research at Deakin is ranked among some of the best in the world.
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:42:00 +1100
Secrets of south west Victorian coast revealed - see them here!

The year that was!

Professor Lee Astheimer
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:27:00 +1100
Another era of growth and achievement for research at Deakin.

Deakin University acknowledges the traditional land owners of present campus sites.

1st September 2011