{"results":[{"title":"Funding to drive a cleaner, greener and more sustainable future","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/discovery-grants-2025-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/funding-to-drive-a-cleaner-greener-and-more-sustainable-future","publisheddate":"2025-12-02","summary":"
Research projects to enhance mineral exploration, improve disease resistance in canola, boost respiration efficiency in plants, transform pyrochemical processes and develop complex AI systems, were among those to receive funding from the Federal Government.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Artificial Intelligence"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Space exploration helps sustain life on Earth","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/plants-bred-for-space-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/november/space-exploration-helps-sustain-life-on-earth","publisheddate":"2025-11-27","summary":"
In 2027, humans are set to return to the Moon for the first time in 55 years. While the astronauts on NASA’s Artemis III may spend less than 10 days on the lunar surface, scientists around the world are preparing the next steps: how to live, grow food and thrive beyond Earth.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"}]},{"title":"Space for growth on Earth","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/ryan-lister_ian-small_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/uniview/summer/space-for-growth-on-earth","publisheddate":"2025-11-19","summary":"
Autonomous agriculture created for space exploration has spin-off benefits on Earth where climate change is affecting crop growth and yield and compelling farmers to find innovative ways to adapt.
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Innovative research from The University of Western Australia is leading a global response to some of the most complex challenges of climate change.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Quick News"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Uniview"}]},{"title":"Cultivating a legacy with 50 years of soil science at UWA","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/lyn-abbott-cake-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/december/cultivating-a-legacy-with-50-years-of-soil-science-at-uwa","publisheddate":"2024-12-06","summary":"
When Emerita Professor Lyn Abbott first stepped foot on UWA’s Crawley campus half a century ago, she recalls a very different scene to the University of today.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Call for two-fold approach to create sustainable food supplies","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/sustainable-food-supplies-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/december/call-for-two-fold-approach-to-create-sustainable-food-supplies","publisheddate":"2024-12-06","summary":"
Gene editing and plant domestication are essential to protect food supplies in a worsening climate, according to an international team of researchers, led by The University of Western Australia. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Scientific excellence recognised in award nominations","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/jacqui-bately-award-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/july/scientific-excellence-recognised-in-award-nominations","publisheddate":"2024-07-30","summary":"
World-leading researchers in hypertension, mitochondrial genomics and disease, and plant genetics are among 17 finalists from The University of Western Australia in this year’s Premier’s Science Awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Astronomy and Astrophysics"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Environmental Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"ICRAR"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"How going against the grain forged an industry-leading career","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/prof-siddique-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/december/how-going-against-the-grain-forged-an-industry-leading-career","publisheddate":"2023-12-01","summary":"
If Hackett Professor Kadambot Siddique was more swayed by first impressions, WA would almost certainly not be home to one of the world’s leading agricultural scientists ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Quick News"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Podcasts"}]},{"title":"Unique canola research aims to beat the heat","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/dr-sheng-chen-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/october/unique-canola-research-aims-to-beat-the-heat","publisheddate":"2023-10-26","summary":"
Like most experts working in sustainable agriculture today, The UWA Institute of Agriculture Senior Research Fellow Dr Sheng Chen knows he’s in a race against time.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"Featured"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Quick News"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Rediscovering the hidden beauty of Australia's marine plants","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/marine-plants-author-and-artist-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/october/rediscovering-the-hidden-beauty-of-australias-marine-plants","publisheddate":"2023-10-02","summary":"
When people think of marine plants, many probably picture unattractive seaweed washed ashore or tangling around their ankles in shallow waters. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Albany Centre"},{"title":"Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"UWA Publishing"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]}]}