{"results":[{"title":"World-leading researchers honoured at 25th Premier's Science Awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pat-science-award-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/world-leading-researchers-honoured-at-25th-premiers-science-awards","publisheddate":"2026-09-22","summary":"
Seven researchers from The University of Western Australia have been recognised at the 2026 Premier’s Science Awards, with five taking out key awards and another two inducted into the Western Australian Science Hall of Fame.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"}]},{"title":"Mumbai milestone as UWA campus opens for business","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/india-mumbai-foyer_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/mumbai-milestone-as-uwa-campus-opens-for-business","publisheddate":"2026-09-18","summary":"
The University of Western Australia will launch its first international branch campus in Mumbai today, marking an exciting new chapter for students seeking a globally recognised Australian university education without leaving India.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Alumni"},{"title":"Business School"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"Cyber security"},{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Global Engagement"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"UWA Tall Poppies scoop new national awards","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/tall-poppy_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/uwa-tall-poppies-scoop-new-national-awards","publisheddate":"2026-09-14","summary":"
Two researchers from The University of Western Australia are the inaugural recipients of two national awards created to recognise young scientists making extraordinary contributions in First Nations-led and industry-engaged research and science communication.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Australia's first human milk biobank to make every drop count","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/breastmilk-biobank_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/australias-first-human-milk-biobank-to-make-every-drop-count","publisheddate":"2026-09-14","summary":"
A state-of-the-art human milk biobank – the first in Australia and only the third in the world – is expected to supercharge global research into breastmilk and infant nutrition, growth and development.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"}]},{"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 model shows how cancer cells escape and spread","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/cancer-metastasis_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/new-model-shows-how-cancer-cells-escape-and-spread","publisheddate":"2026-09-02","summary":"
A new biomaterial developed by researchers from The University of Western Australia is providing fresh insights into the way cancer cells escape from tumours and spread through the body.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Awards and achievements","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/awards-and-achievements_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/september/awards-and-achievements","publisheddate":"2026-09-01","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students. To recognise these achievements, an article is published on the UWA news page on the website and in UWA Forward on the first week of every month.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Dental School"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Innovation"}]},{"title":"New imaging technique reveals bone building at a microscopic level","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/bone-imaging-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/new-imaging-technique-reveals-bone-building-at-a-microscopic-level","publisheddate":"2026-08-21","summary":"
Biomedical scientists have developed a new nanoscale imaging technique that allows researchers to directly see how bone-forming cells use nutrients and build bone inside the body.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Biomedical Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Data Connect Australia wins innovation award","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/data-connect-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/data-connect-australia-wins-innovation-award","publisheddate":"2026-08-21","summary":"
Data Connect Australia is among the nation’s leading health and medical researchers, innovators, advocates and philanthropists to be recognised at Research Australia’s Health and Medical Research Awards, winning the Digital and Data Health Innovation Award.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Data Science"},{"title":"Digital"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"New modelling enables safer offshore facility design","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/green-water-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/august/new-modelling-enables-safer-offshore-facility-design","publisheddate":"2026-08-19","summary":"
Researchers have developed a novel model to accurately and efficiently predict the impact of ‘green water’ – water washing on to the deck of an offshore facility during extreme wave conditions.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Oceans Institute"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}