2016

Many Australians would know her face from the $20 note, but may know less about Mary Reibey's story - the single mother of seven children who became a legendary businesswoman in Sydney during the 1800s.

Australian cloud computing specialist Professor Albert Zomaya from the University of Sydney will work with one of China's leading tertiary institution to create more environmentally sustainable data centres.

Stella Prize-winning author Charlotte Wood is calling for Australia's most talented writers to seize unexpected creative opportunities by applying for the 2017 Charles Perkins Centre Writer in Residence Fellowship.

A review of Chew and Spit research revealed a lack of information about the disordered eating phenomenon - prompting research now underway - to help develop treatments and answer questions about wide-reaching consequences.

There is growing evidence that violence against women may be the result of society's traditional beliefs about what it means to be a "real man".

Dr Peter Liddicoat, a recipient of AMP Tomorrow funds and PhD graduate of Materials Engineering, has developed a new microscope that can unravel the 'DNA' of inorganic materials. 

As the world tries to determine what kind of President Donald Trump will be, Professor James Der Derian writes Trump's tale is not a new one for history.

Scientists are one step closer to understanding the link between different diet strategies and gut health, with new research presenting the first general principles for how diet impacts the microbiota.

1445 viruses have been discovered in the most populous animals - those without backbones such as insects and worms - in a Nature paper that shows human diseases like influenza are derived from those present in invertebrates.