One of the iconic boab trees with a carving in the Kimberley, WA. Credit: Jane Balme
Recording the stories carved in ancient boab trees
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Research leaders from four Australian universities, supported through one of the first ARC Special Research Initiative for Australian Society, History and…

Darryl Kickett (centre) with Narrogin-based Research Assistant and Dryandra Wilman Elder Travis Abraham (left) and Wilman Elder Clive Abraham (right). Credit: Curtin University
Healing land and people with biodiversity research
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A Discovery Indigenous research project led by Mr Darryl Kickett from Curtin University's School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry is advancing…

Mud wasp nest samples and their development sequence. Credit: Damien Finch
Dating Gwion Gwion rock art figures in the Kimberley
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A team of ARC-supported archaeologists has been able to accurately date a significant number of the Kimberley’s most remarkable ancient rock art to more…

Westward facing aerial view of Cape Bruguieres Channel at high tide. Credit: J. Leach
First underwater indigenous sites found on Australian seabed
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An international team of archaeologists from Flinders University, The University of Western Australia, James Cook University, Airborne Research Australia…

Professor Sharon Parker. Credit: Centre for Transformative Work Design.
The changing workforce under COVID-19
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Professor Sharon Parker is an ARC Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellow at Curtin University, who has established the Centre for Transformative…

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Economic modelling of COVID-19 scenarios
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Early in the pandemic, in March 2020, researchers Professor Warwick McKibbin and Roshen Fernando in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing…

The novel gown.
Rolling out a paper-based medical gown
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As mass shortages, poorly manufactured and misused personal protective equipment (PPE) continues to plague many countries in their fight against COVID-19,…

ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Edward Holmes FRS FAA. Credit: The University of Sydney.
ARC-supported researchers at the forefront of the race to understand COVID
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ARC Australian Laureate Fellow, Professor Edward Holmes at The University of Sydney, is an expert in the evolution and emergence of infectious viruses…

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Effects of COVID-19 on globalisation and migration
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Theoretical modelling by a group of pandemic researchers has shown that populations typically disperse following major global crises, including contagions…

PhD Student, Hangyu Xu, in front of the fire test room. Credit: ARC Future Timber Hub.
Making tall timber buildings fire safe
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The ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub to Transform Future Tall Ti

‘Smart’ wound dressing technology
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ARC-supported scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic…

Fuorescent pictures of a human colon organoid stained for E-cadherin in red and DAPI in blue. Credit: Dr Thierry Jarde
New research reveals the damaging role of a superbug in the gut
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An ARC-supported research collaboration at Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells…