{"results":[{"title":"Free cheers for science as researchers raise the bar","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/raising-the-bar_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/october/free-cheers-for-science-as-researchers-raise-the-bar","publisheddate":"2026-10-13","summary":"
Pull up a stool and savour a cool glass of science as some of The University of Western Australia’s brightest minds hit CBD bars for a series of free public talks on Tuesday 27 October.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Geography and Planning"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA Public Policy Institute"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"What happens to language when machines start talking back?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/robot-microphone-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/october/what-happens-to-language-when-machines-start-talking-back","publisheddate":"2026-10-08","summary":"
A synthetic voice that strips out disfluency may be grammatically accurate and acoustically flawless, yet feel impoverished to the listener, who simply has less to work with.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"}]},{"title":"Partnership to advance Australia's quantum capability","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/quantinuum--card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/october/partnership-to-advance-australias-quantum-capability","publisheddate":"2026-10-06","summary":"
Australia’s quantum capability will be boosted by a agreement between UWA and quantum computing company Quantinuum to expand access to advanced quantum computing, develop quantum talent and accelerate the development of practical applications that integrate quantum computing, AI and high-performance computing.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Diverse UWA projects share in $344 million for Australian research","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/arc-future-fellowships_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/diverse-uwa-projects-share-in-344-million-for-australian-research","publisheddate":"2026-09-10","summary":"
Seven researchers from The University of Western Australia have received prestigious fellowships to explore questions including how Indigenous peoples used fire over millennia, post-pandemic vaccination resistance, how the first black holes formed and grew, and the costs and benefits of ‘presenteeism’ in the workplace.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Software Engineering"},{"title":"VaxPol"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"New research shows students experience extreme anxiety when accused of academic misconduct","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_academic-misconduct_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/new-research-shows-students-experience-extreme-anxiety-when-accused-of-academic-misconduct","publisheddate":"2026-09-08","summary":"
Since the launch of generative artificial intelligence (AI), many university students have claimed their teachers have falsely accused them of using AI to cheat. While allegations of cheating and plagiarism should be taken seriously, sometimes such accusations have rested on unreliable AI-detection programs.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Can you teach yourself to detect AI writing? Maybe","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_detect-ai-writing_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/can-you-teach-yourself-to-detect-ai-writing","publisheddate":"2026-08-25","summary":"
AI is quietly reshaping writing. It’s not just that prose is changing — the very structure of written language is genuinely changing too.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Project launch: Australian AI legal safeguards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/ai-law-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/project-launch-australian-ai-legal-safeguards","publisheddate":"2026-08-17","summary":"
A new project that aims to establish a national set of regulations for the effective governance of artificial intelligence systems in Australia will be launched at UWA.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"}]},{"title":"Event explores how AI is reshaping our future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/gen-ai-event-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/event-explores-how-ai-is-reshaping-our-future","publisheddate":"2026-08-10","summary":"
How generative artificial intelligence is reshaping education, government and law enforcement will be explored at a free public lecture hosted by The University of Western Australia next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Tall Poppy researchers celebrated for science impact","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/uwa-aerial_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/tall-poppy-researchers-celebrated-for-science-impact","publisheddate":"2026-08-06","summary":"
Five researchers from The University of Western Australia have been named Young Tall Poppies for their work in diverse fields including astrophysics, chemistry, advanced imaging, nutrition and how artificial intelligence influences human behaviour.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Gingin Gravity Precinct"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Ball that broke Norway's heart was legit: data scientist","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/world-cup-spidercam-ball_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/ball-that-broke-norways-heart-was-legit-says-data-scientist","publisheddate":"2026-07-16","summary":"
Simple physics show the goal kick that ended Norway’s barnstorming FIFA World Cup run did not hit the spidercam cable as suggested by angry players and fans.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Featured"}]}]}