Insect aside
Scared of spiders? Better not visit the Northern Territory. We all know Australia’s tropical zone is home to more than a few insects but one researcher at Charles Darwin...
A spoonful of interference to ward off COVID -19
Australian researchers might have found a way to get up the nose of COVID-19....
Smoke of genius
Skies shrouded in smoke: for many of us it’s the defining image of last...
COLD ROCK: Antarctica researchers on solid ground
A geological breakthrough has delivered ground truth about what’s under all that ice in...
A nation of couch potatoes
We don’t move enough in the best of times, and researchers are concerned that...
Splendour of the grass
It survived the ‘70s floor covering craze but seagrass is in trouble again due...
Nature’s secret bush rangers
How much can a koala bear? More than we thought, according to research from...
Fact
Recognised for excellence
Australia’s world-class university system is in the top 5 per cent of the world in 2015/16.
- The QS World University Rankings had 7 Australian universities in the top 100, 8 in the top 200 and 21 in the top 400 universities globally.
- The Times Higher Education World Rankings had 22 Australian universities in the top 400 universities globally. Australia also had 16 universities in the top 100 universities aged under 50 years.
- The Academic Ranking of World Universities from Shanghai Jiao Tong University has 19 Australian universities in the top 400 globally.