Research news and events

Australia’s children’s television sector is at risk of collapse, leaving a widening gap in local content for children and tweens at a cultural moment when governments urgently seek to strengthen youth social cohesion, including through reducing young people’s exposure to social media harms.

RMIT experts will contribute to MICRO-NEST, a €6 million ($9.8 million) Horizon Europe project applying innovative approaches to identify markers of autism in children born before 37 weeks of gestation.

A pioneering tool that aims to help clinicians monitor trends in serious fungal infections in cancer patients was a finalist in the community engagement category of the 2026 AFR AI Awards.

RMIT Distinguished Professor Vipul Bansal has been recognised with a national award for leading a long‑term partnership that is transforming how infections are diagnosed around the world.

A review into food waste in Australia’s quick service restaurants has found order mistakes are the biggest driver of food waste, with better staff training a key part of the solution.

The Australia-Spain Network for Innovation and Research Excellence (AuSpire) unites international researchers conducting projects grounded in the concept of planetary wellbeing.

Researchers have discovered why influenza can lead to life-threatening complications during pregnancy, as Australia prepares for the flu season.

Pursuing his passion at the intersection of engineering, biology and care, Dr Vijay Sisarwal is developing a plant‑based biodegradable implant coating that helps support natural healing.

The first stage of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop, SRL East, is expected to get more young and working-age Melburnians out of their cars and walking, according to RMIT University modelling that predicts walking in suburbs around future stations could increase by up to 11%.

RMIT University researchers have developed a new way to coat fragile surfaces, including living plant leaves, using high‑frequency sound waves to create a fine mist that can act like a plant sunscreen.

Eucalyptus bark, usually stripped from logs and treated as waste, could be repurposed to help clean polluted water, filter dirty air and capture carbon dioxide, according to new research from RMIT University.

RMIT joins the call for universities globally to adopt a regenerative approach and play a key role in addressing the polycrisis