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Professor Michael Cowley has been recognised with an Innovation Fellowship by the Victorian Endowment for Science, Knowledge and Innovation (VESKI).
Monash University's most senior governance and climate change experts have called for the creation of a new National Sustainability Policy aimed at creating an effective and efficient system for monitoring and mitigating activities that contribute to climate change.
Monash University scientists have started clinical trials to find a successful vaccine against footrot in sheep.
Safer motoring does not necessarily mean big bucks, according to results of the 2008 Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR), the largest such study in the world.
Monash University scientists have revolutionised the design of fuel cells used in the latest generation of hybrid cars which could make the vehicles more reliable and cheaper to build.
An international team of researchers led by Monash University has used chemicals found in plants to replicate a key process in photosynthesis paving the way to a new approach that uses sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Research conducted at Monash University has been recognised in this year's Eureka Prizes.
Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body.
One of the key people behind the creation of a massive underground seed bank is addressing a Monash University lecture in Melbourne this Wednesday.
Monash University researcher Natalie Borg has been named as one of four recipients of the $20,000 L'Oreal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships for 2008.
If you could design the perfect dog, what would it look like? Tall, short, fluffy, wiry, black, white, tan or brindle?
Victoria and New South Wales have put aside their competitive interstate rivalry to collaborate on a stem cell research project, as announced by Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings and NSW Minister for Science and Medical Research, Verity Firth, today.
Monash University climate change and governance experts have called on the Federal Government to provide intensive assistance to "coal seat" communities as Australia makes the transition to becoming a low-carbon society.
Monash University will host a public forum and information day this month to raise awareness about stem cells and their therapeutic uses.
Three Monash University researchers have been recognised at the prestigious 2008 Tall Poppy Awards.
A groundbreaking new study into the mating and nesting practices of a common Australian frog has found they partner up to eight males sequentially -- the highest recorded of any vertebrate.
A new trial by Monash University researchers has found that the much-hyped sex steroid DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone) does not provide any significant benefits to postmenopausal women despite it being widely used.
Monash university researchers together with a renowned Australian artist have created the images for the latest stamp issue by Australia Post this week.
An international research team led by Monash University scientists has uncovered the first example of a bacterium-causing disease in humans by targeting a molecule that is incorporated into our bodies through what we eat.
Monash University has established the largest zebra fish research facility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Four Monash University postgraduate students have been named as recipients of the 2008 nabCapital Science in Business Awards.
The first sod has been turned on the new purpose-built Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN), which will be developed next to Monash University's Clayton campus.
Monash University has become home to one of the world's most powerful electron microscopes, part of a new facility to study the structure of materials.
Monash University has today received $89.9 million from the Federal Government's Education Investment Fund (EIF) to create a new platform for excellence in Future Manufacturing research and teaching.
Australia's best and brightest young science minds are spending their summer holidays studying at Monash University's Clayton campus as part of the Australian Science Olympiad program.
Monash researchers collaborating with scientists from Shandong University and Wuhan University of Technology in China have been awarded $250,000 from the Australian government to assist with two scientific research projects.
Monash University has signed an agreement with Dako A/S, a leading worldwide provider of diagnostic products used to develop monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer.
New research from Monash University bee researcher Adrian Dyer could lead to improved artificial intelligence systems and computer programs for facial recognition.
A team of researchers at Monash University has released a new analysis of precipitation records from the long-term cloud seeding operation in Tasmania that shows a promising increase in rainfall during periods of seeding.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has agreed to fund two of Monash's existing Centres of Excellence for a further three years.
New research by Monash University honorary researcher, Dr John Long reveals that vertebrates have been having sex for more than 375 million years -- making sexual intercourse more ancient than scientists first thought.
Monash University researchers have developed a solar cell which is thin, flexible and can be produced on a mass-scale using the same technology used to print polymer banknotes.
The John Monash Science School at the Clayton campus is on track to be opened at the beginning of next year. The confirmation was made during an official site inspection and the appointment of the School's new principal.
A Monash geoscientist and a team of international researchers have discovered evidence of links between New Caledonia and New Zealand, areas of the South Pacific thought to be geographically isolated.
New Monash University research proves visual clutter around our roads, including prominent advertising, signs or billboards, can be a distraction hazard for drivers - especially older ones.
A Monash University ecologist has called for a rethink on how climate-induced ecological change is measured, saying Australia's wilderness areas -- not urban and agricultural land- can provide the most accurate picture.
Professor Chongwoo Choe from the Faculty of Business and Economics has attracted one of the two grants awarded nationally under the ARC's Linkage International, Internationally Coordinated Initiatives (ICI) Social Science Collaboration (SSC) scheme.
Monash University scientists have unlocked the physics of the perfect pizza toss and will use it to design the next generation of micro motors thinner that a human hair.
Monash University, together with the CSIRO and the Australian National University, has established a new $20 million service that will better manage the data "deluge" generated by years of research and advances in technology.
Monash University will support 13 senior high school students as they take on the world's best scientific brains in their quest for Olympic gold at the 2009 International Science Olympiads in July.
Victorian stem cell scientists from, Monash University, the Australian Stem Cell Centre and the Florey Neuroscience Institutes are the first recipients of
collaborative grants under the Victoria-California Stem Cell Alliance.
A Monash University pilot study has found "eco driving" -- a technique that emphasises smoother driving behaviour -- has the potential to dramatically cut fuel consumption and carbon emissions in heavy vehicles, and that the lessons can be adopted by all motorists.
A Monash University study into cancer rates among Queensland's firefighters has found rates of cancer among those in the profession are no higher than in the state's general population.
One of the most advanced science laboratories in Australia was officially launched today by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr.
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