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The University is a key research partner in a new research centre bolstering Australia’s critical minerals refining sector.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Shark deterrents found to reduce fisheries loss","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/shark-deter-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/shark-deterrents-found-to-reduce-fisheries-loss","publisheddate":"2026-02-26","summary":"
In a world-first discovery, researchers have found an electrical shark deterrent used at Cocos (Keeling) Islands was effective at reducing the number of fish taken off fishing hooks by sharks – a process known as depredation.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Research boosts search for new mineral deposits","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/mineral-field-work-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/february/research-boosts-search-for-new-mineral-deposits","publisheddate":"2026-02-19","summary":"
Western Australian hydrothermal and magmatic deposits that formed several hundred kilometres apart more than two and half billion years ago share more commonalities than previously thought.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"UWA-Vietnam partnership bolstered by high-level visit","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/vietnam-visit-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/uwa-vietnam-partnership-bolstered-by-high-level-visit","publisheddate":"2025-12-15","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has deepened its partnership with Vietnam through a high-level government visit that brought six Vietnamese Vice Ministers to campus for strategic discussions focused on science, technology and sustainable development.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Global Engagement"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Space"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"}]},{"title":"Partnership developing solutions for a global hydrogen economy","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/hydrogen-partners-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/partnership-developing-solutions-for-a-global-hydrogen-economy","publisheddate":"2025-12-11","summary":"
An international partnership has created a global network to drive research and technical innovation for a hydrogen economy that will boost the transition to clean energy.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Home Page"}]},{"title":"The way Australia produces food is unique. Our updated dietary guidelines have to recognise this","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-sustainable-food-production-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/december/the-way-australia-produces-food-is-unique-our-updated-dietary-guidelines-have-to-recognise-this","publisheddate":"2025-12-03","summary":"
You might know Australia’s dietary guidelines from the famous infographics showing the types and quantities of foods we should eat to have a healthy diet. Last updated 12 years ago, the National Health and Medical Research Council is now revising them to consider not only how food affects our health but also how sustainable our foods are.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"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":"UWA students win national scholarships","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/scholarships-card-jake.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/uwa-students-win-national-scholarships","publisheddate":"2025-10-09","summary":"
Two University of Western Australia undergraduates with big plans for the future are among six students nationally to receive life-changing scholarships from the Order of Australia Association Foundation.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Frontier technologies"}]},{"title":"Developing and reinventing old herbicides","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/herbicide-applied-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/developing-and-reinventing-old-herbicides","publisheddate":"2025-09-26","summary":"
Chemical biologists have collaborated with plant and structural biologists to design and develop herbicides to overcome the increasing problem of herbicide resistance. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Mealworms can't solve the world's PVC problem","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/superworm-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/august/mealworms-cant-solve-the-worlds-pvc-problem","publisheddate":"2025-08-27","summary":"
Mealworms and superworms may nibble at one of the world’s most stubborn plastics, but new research from The University of Western Australia shows they can’t actually break it down.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}