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Voice highlights animal and human interaction
Australia's leading research university, the University of Melbourne, highlights the
relationship between animals and humans in its June edition of Voice newspaper.
Home loan exit fees sting consumers
Home owners with loans from finance companies that are not banks, credit unions or building societies are slugged with exit fees up to 350% higher than other home owners with loans, according to a new University of Melbourne study.
Scientists observe how black holes eat matter
For the first time, scientists have been able to observe matter falling into super massive black holes.
Who is looking at who? New study suggests orang-utans enjoy watching zoo visitors
Scientists from the University of Melbourne and Zoos Victoria have revealed that our resident Melbourne Zoo orang-utans may enjoy watching us as much as we enjoy watching them, significantly advancing our understanding of zoo animal welfare.
The complex lives of bubbles revealed
The mystery surrounding what happens when bubbles collide has finally been busted. And knowing how bubbles bounce apart and fuse together could improve the quality of ice-cream and champagne as well as increase efficiency in the mining industry.
Scientists gather to reconstruct climate history
An international workshop to reconstruct climate change history in the Australasian region is being held this week at the University of Melbourne on Monday 31 May to Wednesday 2 June 2010
Who are we sharing the planet with? Millions less species than previously thought.
New calculations reveal that the number of species on Earth is likely to be in the order of several million rather than 10’s of millions. The findings, from a University of Melbourne-led study, are based on a new method of estimating tropical insect species—the largest and one of the most difficult groups on the planet to study—having significant implications for conservation efforts.
Melbourne Holocaust survivors connect with their past and young VCAM artists
Several survivors of the Holocaust now living in Melbourne, have met with director Harald Fuhrmann and student actors currently cast in the play Ghetto by Israeli writer Joshua Sobol, to explore the legacy of the Holocaust, and the story of the infamous Vilna Ghetto.
Thousands of children part of ambitious early childhood study
More than 2,500 three year-olds attending over 250 education and care services in Victoria and Queensland are now part of Australia’s largest ever early childhood education study.
University receives report on VCAM Review
The University of Melbourne today received the report of the intensive five-month stakeholder consultation on the future of its Faculty of the VCA and Music.
