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The University of Western Australia 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":"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":"Eco-tech spin-out to restore native biodiversity to degraded land","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/ecotech-launch-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/eco-tech-spin-out-to-restore-native-biodiversity-to-degraded-land","publisheddate":"2025-09-18","summary":"
The University of Western Australia has launched an innovative new spin-out company that aims to rehabilitate degraded landscapes with a key focus on reinstating biodiversity using native seeds.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Resilient environment and climate change"},{"title":"UWA School of Agriculture and Environmental Science"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"}]},{"title":"Mining students dig in for old-school games","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/mining-games-card-2.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/september/mining-students-dig-in-for-old-school-games","publisheddate":"2025-09-03","summary":"
Engineering and geology students from Australia and New Zealand will dig, pan and muck their way across Langley Park this weekend as they go head-to-head in the 2025 AusIMM Asia Pacific (APAC) Mining Games Competition.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Innovators improving sustainability and health outcomes","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/2025-innovators-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/august/innovators-improving-sustainability-and-health-outcomes","publisheddate":"2025-08-14","summary":"Companies working with researchers and graduates from The University of Western Australia to improve fashion sustainability, mining techniques, health outcomes and communications on Earth and beyond have been named finalists in the 2025 State Government’s WA Innovators of the Year awards.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Alumni"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"PhD student making critical subsea structures safer","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/lili-qu-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/april/phd-student-making-critical-subsea-infrastructure-safer","publisheddate":"2025-04-03","summary":"
A PhD student at The University of Western Australia is working to reduce risks and costs for industry by understanding how the dynamic subsea environment impacts infrastructure design.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Partnerships"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Engineering change - 10 years of championing diversity in STEM","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/marandoo-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/january/engineering-change-10-years-of-championing-diversity-in-stem","publisheddate":"2025-01-14","summary":"
UWA's Girls+ in Engineering program is celebrating a major milestone, marking 10 years of inspiring and empowering the next generation of women+ in STEM.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Albany Centre"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Prospective students"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Partnerships"}]},{"title":"New geoscience centre to shape Australia's future workforce","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/marco-fiorentini-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/november/new-geoscience-centre-to-shape-australias-future-workforce","publisheddate":"2024-11-13","summary":"
An innovative new research centre will launch this week, bringing together some of Australia’s leading universities, resource industry stakeholders and government institutions to drive research into critical minerals and sustainable mining.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Industry"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Oceans Graduate School"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Clean energy transition and sustainable resources"},{"title":"School of Earth Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Engineering and Technology"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Future looks greener and smarter with funding boost","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/arc-linkage-grants-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/june/future-looks-greener-and-smarter-with-funding-boost","publisheddate":"2024-06-26","summary":"
Four projects to improve STEM learning in schools, design foundations for fine-grained soil, develop uncooled infrared detectors and make the lithium refining process greener have received Federal Government funding.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Education"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"Innovation"},{"title":"Mathematics"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Physics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Molecular Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"}]},{"title":"Research on the Record: meet Carolyn Oldham","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/carolyn-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/january/research-on-the-record-carolyn-oldham","publisheddate":"2024-01-10","summary":"
Professor Carolyn Oldham recently entered the next phase of her life in academia, welcomed as an Emeritus Professor after 30 years with the School of Engineering.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Environment"},{"title":"Nature and Science"},{"title":"Mining Engineering"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Engineering"},{"title":"STEM"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Podcasts"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Science and Environment"},{"title":"Featured"},{"title":"CWSS"}]}]}