{"results":[{"title":"What will it take to get ships going through the Strait of Hormuz again?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/hormuz-map-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/what-will-it-take-to-get-ships-going-through-the-strait-of-hormuz-again","publisheddate":"2026-04-10","summary":"
The ceasefire announcement by President Donald Trump, linked to Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, prompted immediate optimism shipping would quickly resume.","sxaTags":[{"title":"DSINews"},{"title":"Defence"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"In mediating US-Iran peace talks, Pakistan is flexing geopolitical muscles","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/pakistan-flag-wave-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/in-mediating-us-iran-peace-talks-pakistan-is-flexing-geopolitical-muscles","publisheddate":"2026-04-09","summary":"
Securing such a big diplomatic win is highly significant for Pakistan, irrespective of how the agreement has since been tested.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"Human skin model to help treat skin stiffened by age and disease","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/human-skin-model_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/human-skin-model-to-help-treat-skin-stiffened-by-age-and-disease","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Researchers from The University of Western Australia will use biomaterials to create a lifelike 3D model of human skin to better understand and treat skin stiffness associated with age, scarring and disease.","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":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Philanthropy"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"}]},{"title":"Internationally renowned researcher named new executive director at The Kids","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/caroline-homer_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/internationally-renowned-researcher-named-new-executive-director-at-the-kids","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Professor Caroline Homer AO, a globally recognised leader in maternal and child health, has been named The Kids Research Institute Australia’s third Executive Director.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"The US-Israel ceasefire with Iran presses pause on a costly war, but can peace last?","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/middle-east-ceasefire_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/the-us-israel-ceasefire-with-iran-presses-pause-on-a-costly-war-but-can-peace-last","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Pakistani proposal for a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran brings a sigh of relief to the international community.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"CorporateHome"}]},{"title":"Advancing the future of livestock through genetics, microbes and behaviour","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/card_luo.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/advancing-the-future-of-livestock-through-genetics","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
UWA School of Agriculture and Environment has appointed Dr Luoyang Ding as a Lecturer in Livestock Science, strengthening research in animal welfare, behaviour, and biological systems central to modern livestock production.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Building on success: UWA and African partners advance ACIAR-funded rapid-cooking bean breeding","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/aciar_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/uwa-and-african-partners-advance-aciar-funded-rapid-cooking-bean-breeding","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
The University of Western Australia, through The UWA Institute of Agriculture, continues to strengthen its partnerships across Africa in the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research funded Rapid Cooking Bean Project (ACIAR-RCBP).","sxaTags":[{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Six things Australia should do to tackle the energy crisis","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/fuel-storage-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/six-things-australia-should-do-to-tackle-the-energy-crisis","publisheddate":"2026-04-08","summary":"
Australia imports almost all its liquid fuels via very long supply chains, making it highly exposed to disruption.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Fellowships help shape an inclusive future through cross-cultural lens","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/westpac-oz-asia-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/fellowships-help-shape-an-inclusive-future-through-cross-cultural-lens","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
A criminology student passionate about social justice and a medicine and philosophy student with a focus on compassionate care have been awarded inaugural 2026 Westpac Australia-Asia Fellowships.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"International"},{"title":"Law School"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Business-and-law"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"International relations"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"}]},{"title":"Despairing at the state of the world? Ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/heraclitus-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/april/despairing-at-the-state-of-the-world-ancient-greeks-and-romans-knew-the-feeling","publisheddate":"2026-04-07","summary":"
If you’re feeling fed up with the way things are in the world, then, no matter your politics, you are experiencing an emotion people have felt for millennia.","sxaTags":[{"title":"International"},{"title":"School of Humanities"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Arts-and-Culture"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"International relations"}]}]}