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 than…

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 and…

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 Work…

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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 Research…

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.

Professor Antonio Di leva. Credit: Macquarie Neurosurgery.
Artificial Intelligence improving the study of brain disease
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A team of Macquarie University neurosurgery and computer science researchers, including ARC Future Fellow, Professor Antonio Di Ieva, is investigating the use…

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 in…

Professor Hutmacher (R) demonstrating the chest implant with Dr Matthew Cheng (L). Credit: Metro South Health.
World-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant
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A world-first 3D printed chest reconstruction implant is the outcome of years of research led by Professor Dietmar W. Hutmacher, director of the ARC Industrial…

Rodney kirk, Jiawen Li. Credit: University of Adelaide.
Tiny tech gets to the heart of disease
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A team of researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP) has developed the world’s tiniest endoscope.

Common whitetail dragonfly. Credit: Public domain image by Christopher Johnson (Insects Unlocked, University of Texas at Austin)
Insect wings might be the new weapon against ‘superbugs’
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A team of scientists has revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact, which holds promise for a new era of…