Parkinson’s disease is a devastating and incurable condition that affects around 80,000 Australians and costs our country $10 billion annually. It results from the degeneration of specific cells in…
The Raymond Dart Lecture with Professor Bernard Wood: ORIGINS
‘Origins’ research in palaeoanthropology mainly focuses on three origins problems. The origin of our own lineage, the origin of our own genus, Homo, and the origin of our own species, Homo sapiens. In…
Innovative new medicines for malaria prevention
Malaria is a disease caused by parasites that are transmitted by certain types of mosquitoes. The severity of malaria can range from flu-like symptoms to coma and death. In 2015 the…
3D scanning helps solve World War I mystery
Griffith PhD candidate Chris Little will use advanced 3D scanning to help solve one of World War I’s great mysteries. What happened to the German tank known as Mephisto has…
Securing Australia’s food & water systems
Understanding and addressing environmental and social risks Australians share a deep relationship with our land and water, one that includes Indigenous connections to country, cultural associations that derive from a history…
Rethinking social housing
The Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre (SBEnrc) project:Rethinking Social Housing: Effective, Efficient, Equitable is developing the E6 Strategic Evaluation Framework for social housing delivery that can be used by policy…
Business Innovation: enhance your expertise with ICT engagement
IT issues are no longer simply for IT companies. Technology, if adopted correctly can revolutionise a business, reducing overheads, finding new markets and allowing businesses to concentrate on their core business….
Shark culls could affect climate change
If you knew that there was zero percent chance of being eaten by a shark, would you swim more often? Rhetorical questions aside, the fear of being eaten has a…
Testing the reef against climate change
Coralline algae (pink & lavender colour in the image above) are red calcifying algae found worldwide from the poles to the tropics, from high light environments such as the intertidal…
How understanding sugar can help treat disease
Dr Preston Ng is a research fellow with the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University’s Gold Coast Campus. Transcript “When someone mentions sugars, the additive found in sweet desserts immediately…