The University of Melbourne‘s vision is to lead and build passion and excellence to solve society’s major challenges of sustainable land, food and environment. The…

Researchers at James Cook University have found new types of weedkiller used on sugar cane farms are in many cases just as harmful, or worse,…

Efforts to control plant diseases which contribute significantly to global hunger was the centerpiece of this year’s Sydney Science Forum—a free public lecture—at the University…

Four new research studies suggest that Australia’s recent droughts and heat waves of record-breaking seasons of 2013 were virtually impossible without the influence of global…

One of Australia’s most highly regarded environmental scientists, Professor Tim Flannery, will join the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute as a Professorial Fellow. Professor Flannery said…

A new study into meat tenderness could refine the way Australians cook steak. Meat Scientist Professor Robyn Warner from the University of Melbourne’s Department of…

The Master of Food and Packaging Innovation is a new cross-disciplinary degree offering a range of subjects for a career in different areas of the…

Improved water productivity and increased export incomes are at the heart of a new National water management blueprint launched at the University of Melbourne recently….

The Melbourne Office for Environmental Programs was set up in 2002 to provide a flexible, graduate coursework experience that enables students from a range of…

University of Newcastle hydrodynamics expert, Dr Mike Meylan, part of the research team behind a recent groundbreaking discovery that linked the effects of storm-generated waves on…