A Monash Science-led study found 1 in 10 butterfly species has shifted its range, with climate change and extreme weather driving nearly 80% of documented movements. Read more: https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/butterflies-worldwide-are-on-the-move-as-climate-warms

Anti-racism must be more than a university statement. It must be visible in policies, reporting systems, leadership and everyday culture. Read more: https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/from-intention-to-accountability-anti-racism-is-becoming-core-business-for-universities

Monash researchers revealed microbial communities break down old uranium mine waste, creating mobile nanoparticles that transport toxic metals. Read more: https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/invisible-microbes-mining-toxic-waste-in-the-flinders-ranges

The Thermal Energy Storage Group has received a 2026 Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/global-recognition-for-monash-chemists-driving-innovations-in-clean-energy-storage

Our new MES Course Director, Prof. Annette Bos, argues that sustainability leadership now requires more than technical expertise. It needs people who can navigate uncertainty, connect disciplines and drive change across institutions. Read more: www.monash.edu/science/news...

Monash Science & @fzuavcr.bsky.social researchers made, potentially, the world’s smallest scannable QR code: just 50×50 nm2, built atom by atom using individual silver atoms. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news... @benjamin-lowe.bsky.social @nanosurflab.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

New research by Adjunct Professor Scott Power (Monash University School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment and @unisq.bsky.social) suggests recent rainfall declines in VIC may not fully reflect long-term climate change signals. www.monash.edu/science/news...

Monash scientists have created a chip that can generate, route, and read light‑encoded information with precise optics. Read more: https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/monash-scientists-create-tiny-on-chip-circuit-that-could-power-next-generation-quantum-and-ai-technologies

Congratulations to Professor Stefan Maier on being elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. Read more: https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/monash-physicist-elected-fellow-of-the-australian-academy-of-science

Prof. @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social, Prof. Stefan Maier and their teams have secured $1.5M+ in @arc-gov-au.bsky.social Linkage funding to help develop next-generation technologies with industry partners. Congrats to our School of Physics and Astronomy researchers 👏👏 www.monash.edu/science/news...

“Australia will no longer be seen as a credible contributor to international assessment of climate change. Full stop.” Professor Christian Jakob (#MonashEAE, director of @21stcenturyweather.bsky.social) spoke to @theguardian.com about the planned CSIRO job cuts. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn

Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say

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A case study of a 22-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis and identified for phage therapy, found pre-existing phage antibodies. These antibodies may have contributed to clinical failure by effectively neutralizing the phage. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @jeremyjbarr.bsky.social

Cross-reactive anti-prophage antibodies and bacterial heteroresistance implicated in phage therapeutic failure - Nature Medicine

A 22-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis and chronic, drug-resistant Bordetella bronchialis infection received compassionate-use phage therapy. Serum samples revealed that pre-existing antiphage imm...

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Monash Science and @ozgrav.bsky.social research shows gravitational waves from black hole mergers can detect and fix calibration errors in detectors. @monashastro.bsky.social Read more: www.monash.edu/science/news...

Annual lab group photo tradition initiated - here’s the Evolutionary & Conservation Genomics Group, May 2026. I am so lucky to work with these fabulous folks! @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social

I'm on Dr Karl's Shirtloads of Science vodcast discussing bad ideas in space! How hard can it be to fire someone into the Sun? Can sunlight be reflected down to Earth to generate power? What are the downsides of mega-constellations of satellites? www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRs...

The Craziest Space Ideas That Sound Smart (But Aren’t)

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A Monash-led study first-authored by Dr Mirko Zanon and led by Dr Scarlett Howard pushes back on claims bees are just reacting to visual patterns. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/bees-pass-the-maths-test-study-confirms-insects-arent-just-winging-it #MonashScience

A new Monash review unpacks why chalcopyrite is so complex and how that could unlock cleaner, more efficient extraction. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/coppers-gatekeeper-could-unlock-cleaner-energy-future #MonashScience #EarthAtmosphereandEnvironment

Researchers at Monash University School of Physics and Astronomy show that disorder, done properly, outperforms perfect order. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/scientists-turn-mess-into-breakthrough-chaotic-design-unlocks-next-generation-optical-devices

A Monash-led study found a common antidepressant in rivers impairs spatial learning, but only in males (up to 34% more errors). Females unaffected. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/male-fish-lose-their-learning-edge-in-polluted-waters,-study-finds #MonashScience

Monash-led research finds evidence of rare stellar explosions that leave no black holes behind. Led by Hui Tong with OzGrav and global partners. Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/new-study-finds-evidence-of-cosmic-explosions-with-missing-black-holes #MonashScience

Monash scientists have watched atoms move during memory switching ⚛️ Read more 👉 https://www.monash.edu/science/news-events/news/2026/monash-scientists-capture-atoms-in-motion,-unlocking-next-generation-memory-technology

Congrats to Dr Karolina Matuszek from the School of Chemistry on being recognised by @science.org.au with the Le Fèvre Medal. Learn more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

Congrats to Dr Stephen Muirhead from the School of Mathematics on being awarded the Christopher Heyde Medal by the @science.org.au. Learn more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

Monash Adjunct Professor Andrew Watkins (@windjunky.bsky.social) is a co‑author of the Climate Council’s new report on the 2025–26 “climate whiplash” summer - from catastrophic fire danger to flash flooding to record heat. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

A Monash‑led team has predicted self‑bound quantum droplets made of light inside semiconductor microcavities. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

Monash-led researchers have shown that stacking just two different 2D materials can produce the electronic behaviour of a full 3D crystal. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

Thermal drones are changing how we detect marine debris entanglements. Monash PhD researcher Adam Yaney‑Keller, with Phillip Island Nature Parks, has shown that fur seal entanglements give off a clear heat signature visible from 50+ metres in the air. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

Climate change could shrink global fish catches. New Monash research published in Science shows fish may evolve to survive warmer oceans — but that evolution could actually reduce fisheries yields. Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

New research led by @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social shows that Facebook and Flickr posts can track invasive species faster and more broadly than traditional biodiversity databases. “Social media isn’t noise, it’s data.” - Dr Chowdhury Read more 👉 www.monash.edu/science/news...

This paper of ours is not getting read as much as expected - it tests whether people domesticated #sorghum that was already high #cyanide or selected for cyanide during #domestication (it’s the former) - Classic case of a misleading title 😞 🪴🌾🌱 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Regulation of cyanogenic glucosides in wild and domesticated Eusorghum taxa

This study presents evidence that the ability to maintain high leaf cyanogenic glucoside concentrations into maturity might have arisen in sorghum's crop wild relatives, rather than during domesticat...

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