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Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Learning from London

As Melbourne's population continues to grow, building more roads isn't the answer to its transport woes.

Graham Currie Director of Monash Infrastructure, Chair of Public Transport, Professor in Transport Engineering

As Melbourne's population continues to grow, building more roads isn't the answer to its transport woes.

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Inclusion and the monolingualism myth

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

Rita Wilson Professor in Translation Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

A kingdom not so united

As England agonises over Brexit, divisions have emerged in other parts of the UK, especially in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Ben Wellings Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations

As England agonises over Brexit, divisions have emerged in other parts of the UK, especially in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

That's what I'm talking about

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

A series of animated films is future-proofing Indigenous culture, language and knowledge for generations to come.

Design and architecture

Design and architecture

Monuments to uncover hidden histories

Tom Nicholson's art is intended to initiate deeper conversations about Australia's past.

Tom Nicholson Senior Lecturer in Drawing, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Tom Nicholson's art is intended to initiate deeper conversations about Australia's past.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

More than words: preserving Indigenous languages

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

John Bradley Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Monash Country Lines archive founder John Bradley is 38 years into a journey tracing and recording vanishing oral traditions in an Indigenous heartland.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

Artwork for the ages

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Liam Brady Senior Lecturer, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre

Rock carvings dating back tens of thousands of years provide a window into the deep prehistory of indigenous Australia.

Politics and society

The latest insights, research and commentary on politics and society across the globe by Monash University academics and industry experts.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

The truth about hangover cures

The hair of the dog is just one tip among many to cure a hangover, but do they really work or are they just drunken fallacies?

Merlin Thomas Professor, Department of Diabetes

The hair of the dog is just one tip among many to cure a hangover, but do they really work or are they just drunken fallacies?

Politics and society

Politics and society

Mind over maggot

Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.

Eugene Chan Senior Lecturer, Department of Marketing

Anyone for rotten shark? Fried tarantula? When it comes to food choices, one person's disgusting is another's delicacy.

Politics and society

Politics And Society

Politics And Society

Politics and society

From roadside to recovery

It took a coordinated effort to reduce Victoria's road toll from a peak of 1034 in 1969, but there's plenty of work still to do.

Peter Bragge Associate Professor, Healthcare Quality Improvement (QI) at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute

It took a coordinated effort to reduce Victoria's road toll from a peak of 1034 in 1969, but there's plenty of work still to do.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Boo! Did I scare you, did I scare you?

The horror and slasher movie genres have experienced a resurgence, the latest offering being a remake of Halloween, but why is it that we enjoy being scared so much?

Andrew Ng Associate Professor of Literature, Deputy Head of School of Arts and Social Sciences, Malaysia

The horror and slasher movie genres have experienced a resurgence, the latest offering being a remake of Halloween, but why is it that we enjoy being scared so much?

Medicine and health

The latest medicine and health insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

Medicine and health

Medicine and health

Breakthrough to help babies breathe easy

An innovative stem cell trial offers hope in treating premature babies born with chronic lung disease.

Euan Wallace Head, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Clinical Sciences

An innovative stem cell trial offers hope in treating premature babies born with chronic lung disease.

Medicine and health

Medicine and health

Blinded by snow

People who suffer from visual snow syndrome don’t see crisp, clear images; they see them with tiny fuzzy dots in constant motion, like a badly-tuned TV set.

Joanne Fielding Associate Professor (Research), Department of Neuroscience

People who suffer from visual snow syndrome don’t see crisp, clear images; they see them with tiny fuzzy dots in constant motion, like a badly-tuned TV set.

Medicine and health

Medicine and health

Rethink on aspirin

Low-dose aspirin has no benefit in prolonging a life free of disability, or substantially reducing the risk of having a first heart attack or stroke, study finds.

John McNeil Professor and head of School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Low-dose aspirin has no benefit in prolonging a life free of disability, or substantially reducing the risk of having a first heart attack or stroke, study finds.

Medicine and health

Medicine And Health

Medicine And Health

Medicine and health

A playground for the brain

Innovative treatment approaches to compulsions and addictions are the focus of the new neuroscience research lab, BrainPark.

Murat Yucel Professor (Research), Psychology

Innovative treatment approaches to compulsions and addictions are the focus of the new neuroscience research lab, BrainPark.

Technology and engineering

The latest global technology and engineering insights, news and commentary from Monash University academics and industry experts.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Rebuilding Sulawesi after the earthquake

When the human scars of this devastating natural disaster have begun to heal, attention will need to focus on a more resilient built environment.

Amin Heidarpour Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering

When the human scars of this devastating natural disaster have begun to heal, attention will need to focus on a more resilient built environment.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

The new breed of power rangers

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Meera Parish Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

Containing the digital tsunami

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.

Carsten Rudolph Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, Faculty of Information Technology

As high-speed internet spreads throughout the Pacific, steps are being taken to ensure the islands' cybersecurity.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

A mission to make plastic fantastic

A Dutch design student's idea to repurpose plastics on a small scale has become an initiative that's spawned a growing global community.

Scott Wordley Director of Learning and Teaching, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

A Dutch design student's idea to repurpose plastics on a small scale has become an initiative that's spawned a growing global community.

The latest views, commentary and research on education across the globe.

Inclusion and the monolingualism myth

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

Rita Wilson Professor in Translation Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics

It's time to recognise linguistic and cultural diversity as a creative engine of social participation and wellbeing.

The kids are doing it better

As adults in the school community, we need to ensure we align our behaviour with our expectations of students.

Kristin Reimer Lecturer, Faculty of Education

As adults in the school community, we need to ensure we align our behaviour with our expectations of students.

Graduate incomes not worth the focus

We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.

Peter Hurley Research Associate, Faculty of Education

We should keep in mind that education is valuable beyond graduate earning capacity, and that what a student learns during their education can have little to do with why they earn more.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Generation Series - snapshot: The future of work

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

Mahendhiran Nair Professor of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash Malaysia

As technology advances at an exponential rate, industries are looking for new skill sets from university graduates. What are the professions of the future going to be?

Business and economy

The latest business and economy views, commentary and research told by Monash academics and thought-leaders.

Politics and society

Politics and society

Crisis ended? Don't speak too soon

Greece Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has declared that the country is back on its feet, but the numbers indicate its problems are far from over.

Natalie Doyle Deputy director of Monash University’s European and EU Centre

Greece Prime Minister Alex Tsipras has declared that the country is back on its feet, but the numbers indicate its problems are far from over.

Business and economy

Business and economy

Trump versus China means picking sides

There can be no middle road in the trade war between China and the United States. Soon we will have to choose one side or the other.

Giovanni Di Lieto Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Economics

There can be no middle road in the trade war between China and the United States. Soon we will have to choose one side or the other.

Business and economy

Business and economy

Bringing the banks into line

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne is arguing for less and clearer law, and tougher corporate cops.

Monash University

Financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne is arguing for less and clearer law, and tougher corporate cops.

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

A Different Lens

Episode 9: The death of corporate greed

Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour in this episode of A Different Lens.

Michelle Welsh Professor & Head, Department Business Law and Taxation

Find out why business success is now so dependent on ethical behaviour in this episode of A Different Lens.

Expert commentary and insights from Monash University academics and researchers on the latest science research and discoveries.

Drugs and bugs: what's lurking in our waterways

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Bob Wong Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Technology and engineering

Technology and engineering

The new breed of power rangers

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

Meera Parish Associate Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy

More than one hundred researchers are working together to create electronics in which next to no energy is lost.

A self-defeating success story

A global program in which mosquitoes are implanted with a common bacteria is preventing the spread of viruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya – and could help tens of millions of people.

Scott O'Neill Professor and Director, World Mosquito Program

A global program in which mosquitoes are implanted with a common bacteria is preventing the spread of viruses such as dengue, Zika and chikungunya – and could help tens of millions of people.

For the love of mangroves

A worldwide study shows that while wetlands are under increasing threat from global warming, rising sea levels and human population density, they're remarkably resilient – and Australia's are faring better than most.

Ruth Reef Lecturer, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment

A worldwide study shows that while wetlands are under increasing threat from global warming, rising sea levels and human population density, they're remarkably resilient – and Australia's are faring better than most.

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