http://media.murdoch.edu.au Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/a-meeting-of-the-minds-in-mandurah http://media.murdoch.edu.au/a-meeting-of-the-minds-in-mandurah#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:21:03 +0000 Candice Barnes http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11498 The Murdoch University Senate met in Mandurah last week to discuss the role Murdoch’s Peel campus will play in the future of the region. City of Mandurah Mayor Paddi Creevey and CEO Mark Newman addressed the meeting, outlining some of the major challenges facing the Peel region.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/a-meeting-of-the-minds-in-mandurah/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/phd-student-to-unlock-mysteries-of-the-brain http://media.murdoch.edu.au/phd-student-to-unlock-mysteries-of-the-brain#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 06:43:36 +0000 Kylie Howard http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11479 A Murdoch University researcher is investigating how magnetic fields affect brain function in a bid to better understand how to treat depression and pain.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/phd-student-to-unlock-mysteries-of-the-brain/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/help-at-hand-for-those-stuck-in-grief http://media.murdoch.edu.au/help-at-hand-for-those-stuck-in-grief#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 02:09:08 +0000 Candice Barnes http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11462 Murdoch University researchers are embarking on a new study to assist those struggling to deal with the death of a loved one. During the study, student investigators Larissa Morozow and Prue Cotter will compare two different counselling approaches to determine which offers the most relief. Participants will receive seven weeks of free counselling.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/help-at-hand-for-those-stuck-in-grief/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/agriculture-and-forestry-at-murdoch-among-the-worlds-best http://media.murdoch.edu.au/agriculture-and-forestry-at-murdoch-among-the-worlds-best#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 08:03:47 +0000 Candice Barnes http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11452 Murdoch University’s Agriculture and Forestry programs have been formally recognised as among the best in the world, according to the latest round of university rankings. The QS World University Rankings By Subject compared over 8,300 programs across nearly 3,000 universities. Only 678 institutions globally made the list, with Murdoch University ranked in the top 200 for the Agriculture and Forestry discipline.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/agriculture-and-forestry-at-murdoch-among-the-worlds-best/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/student-film-to-feature-in-prestigious-festival http://media.murdoch.edu.au/student-film-to-feature-in-prestigious-festival#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 03:48:24 +0000 Kylie Howard http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11435 Emerging filmmakers from Murdoch University’s Graduate Screen Program have hit the jackpot with their short film Eleven Thirty chosen to screen at the 2013 St Kilda Film Festival.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/student-film-to-feature-in-prestigious-festival/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/indonesia-the-focus-of-latest-commission-meeting http://media.murdoch.edu.au/indonesia-the-focus-of-latest-commission-meeting#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 08:25:02 +0000 Pepita Smyth http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11426 The emergence of Indonesia as a significant economic player in the Asian region, and its connections with Western Australia, were the focus of the second meeting of the Murdoch Commission in Indonesia in April]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/indonesia-the-focus-of-latest-commission-meeting/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/feeding-habits-of-ningaloo-stingrays-in-the-spotlight http://media.murdoch.edu.au/feeding-habits-of-ningaloo-stingrays-in-the-spotlight#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 01:19:53 +0000 Candice Barnes http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11412 A new study has shed light on the diets and feeding habits of Ningaloo’s stingrays, information which has never been documented before. “As meso-predators, stingrays are an important link between the top and bottom of the food chain,” said Dr Owen O’Shea, of Murdoch University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. “They are ‘engineers of the [...]]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/feeding-habits-of-ningaloo-stingrays-in-the-spotlight/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/research-finds-karate-masters-a-cut-above http://media.murdoch.edu.au/research-finds-karate-masters-a-cut-above#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 03:53:46 +0000 Rob Payne http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11388 A new study has found that karate masters can anticipate how an opponent will strike even before that opponent has moved a muscle.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/research-finds-karate-masters-a-cut-above/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-gene-silencing-set-to-boost-agricultural-yields http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-gene-silencing-set-to-boost-agricultural-yields#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:20:41 +0000 Rob Payne http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11374 Researchers from Murdoch University have developed an environmentally friendly ‘gene silencing’ method to control Root Lesion Nematodes, plant pathogens known to reduce crop yields in major crops by 15 per cent or more.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-gene-silencing-set-to-boost-agricultural-yields/feed 0 http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-recommendations-in-bedsharing-debate http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-recommendations-in-bedsharing-debate#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:15:50 +0000 Rob Payne http://media.murdoch.edu.au/?p=11355 According to Associate Professor Catherine Fetherston, warnings against bedsharing are not well supported by evidence and do not meet the needs of mothers and babies.]]> http://media.murdoch.edu.au/new-recommendations-in-bedsharing-debate/feed 4