News Articles on examples of Knowledge Transfer
- Politically powerful artists chosen to portray complex war: June 2007. When artists Charles Green and Dr Lyndell Brown were approached by the Australian War Memorial (AWM) to go to Iraq and Afghanistan as war artists, the pair's initial response was an adamant "no way!".
- Music therapy soothes mental illness : June 2007. A study using music therapy on people suffering from a severe mental illness has found that music increases the quality of life for sufferers.
- Brain scan can predict risk of schizophrenia: June 2007. Brain scans can be used to predict how well young people will recover from early psychotic episodes that occur in mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, according to University of Melbourne research.
- New organs can be grown in body - key breakthrough : June 2007. A novel technique enabling vital new organ tissue to be grown in a special bio-chamber in the body has been developed by scientists at the University of Melbourne and the Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery (BOBIM).
- Managing nuclear waste knowledge for future generations : June 2007. As Australia struggles to embrace nuclear power, researchers are seeking ways to preserve knowledge on the dangers of toxic waste.
- Vocal empowerment : June 2007. A research project at the University of Melbourne is investigating how artists and scientists may broaden the scope of habilitation practices for hearing technologies and develop a new cross-disciplinary methodology for evaluating vocal quality.
- Australia's only corporate-focussed Confucius Institute opens at the University of Melbourne, June 2007. : China's Consul General for Victoria, Mr Liang Shugen today officially launched the Confucius Institute at the University of Melbourne.
- University courseware set to go global: An after-hours dash to find information for a chemistry tutorial has led to a major new distribution deal for the University of Melbourne’s exciting range of educational courseware products.
- Low-cost hydrogen car engine project: A partnership linking the University of Melbourne with one of the world’s foremost car manufacturers is fuelling the battle against carbon emissions, the principal factor in climate change.
- Early cochlear implants get deaf toddlers talking: Research shows that the critically-acclaimed cochlear implant can help deaf babies and toddlers develop normal language skills when fitted between the ages of six months and two years.
- Sing away the pain: Patients facing their first bout of radiotherapy have shown reduced anxiety levels if they are able to listen to their preferred selection of music prior to treatment.
- The Triple Helix: The University of Melbourne has launched a locally-produced issue of the international science journal, The Triple Helix, the only magazine of its kind to be run completely by students.
- Voices from the Mallee: Drought-stricken farmers in Victoria’s Mallee region give a first-hand account of the effects of climate change in an oral history project collaboration with the Museum of Victoria.