What is taurine and how can it improve psychosis?
People given taurine had significantly improved overall mental health symptoms, including those of psychosis, compared to those given placebo.
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University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is an internationally recognised, research-intensive university with a strong tradition of excellence in teaching, research and community engagement spanning more than 160 years.
Its outstanding performance in international rankings puts the University of Melbourne at the forefront of higher education globally. It is ranked number 1 in Australia by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and 28th worldwide. Melbourne’s position as Australia’s top University has also been reaffirmed in the 2013 Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings, in which it has moved up three places from last year, to equal 54th in the world and third in the Asia-Pacific.
The University is uniquely located on the fringe of the city of Melbourne’s central business district. It serves as a hub for the Parkville research precinct – one of the world’s leading centres of medical and biotechnological research – and is a vital part of surrounding neighbourhoods such as cosmopolitan Carlton.
About 50,000 of the best and brightest students from around the globe come to study at the University of Melbourne.
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It’s time to reduce the number of PhD students, or rethink how doctoral programs work
There are currently far too few vacant academic jobs in Australia each year to employ all our PhD students. It's time to rethink the training of doctoral students.
Making university admissions process more transparent is important, but won’t help improve equity
Universities will need to ensure that their information around admissions is clear and translatable for young people who are applying for courses. But transparency alone isn't enough.
Brian Howe on what Bill Shorten must do to revitalise social democracy
Former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Howe says Bill Shorten must channel the abilities of his colleagues in parliament and the broader progressive movement if he is to lead the ALP back to government.
The Democrats must change – here’s how they can do it
Here are three key areas the Democratic Party must reform if they're to fix fundamental problems revealed by the shock election result.
Changes to the pension asset test will ripple through the economy
Changes to the pension will affect the way people plan and behave.
As the world pushes for a ban on nuclear weapons, Australia votes to stay on the wrong side of history
In early December, the nations of the world are poised to take an historic step on nuclear weapons. Yet Australia sticks out like a sore thumb among Asia-Pacific nations in arguing against change.
Raimond Gaita on Donald Trump’s America: a cloud cuckoo land devoid of fact, evidence and argument
Trump's demagoguery took political discourse in America to a place where it lost contact with reality.
Why was Shakespeare’s death such a non-event at the time?
This year, the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death has been marked by a flood of events around the world. But why did his exit cause so little public grief at the time, in and beyond the country of his birth?
What happened in New Zealand’s magnitude 7.5 earthquake
Early analysis of the New Zealand earthquake shows it may be a complex event, involving several faults on the South Island.
To understand how storms batter Australia, we need a fresh deluge of data
Severe storms bring a complex mixture of weather conditions, often in a very localised area. This unpredictability can make them very damaging, and very hard to study too.
Turnbull’s asylum seeker ban violates Australia’s human rights obligations
The Federal Government's proposal to permanently ban asylum seekers and refugees who come to Australia by boat is in direct contravention of the Refugee Convention.
Newspoll: Labor gains to lead 53-47
Tuesday’s Newspoll, conducted 3-6 November from a sample of 1850, had Labor leading 53-47, a one point gain for Labor. Primary votes were 39% for the Coalition (steady), 38% for Labor (up 1) and 10% for…
The view from Marrakech: climate talks are battling through a Trump tsunami
The halls of the Marrakech climate summit have been filled with fearful talk about Donald Trump's presidency. But there is hope that the Paris climate treaty can weather the political storm.
The new benefit cap will not only make people poorer – it will harm their health
Research shows that when the government cuts housing benefit, it harms the mental health of those affected.
How Donald Trump used the media and the “industry of outrage” to win the US Presidency
The media as an institution in the United States is in a deplorable condition, and President-elect Donald Trump has been the beneficiary of its failings.
Keeping warming below 1.5℃ is possible - but we can’t rely on removing carbon from the atmosphere
Many models used by policy-makers suggest we'll have to remove CO2 from the atmosphere - but if we can't, we have to get much more serious about cutting emissions.
President Trump will change the United States and the world, but just how remains to be seen
Leading Australian academics respond to Donald Trump’s victory, and look ahead to what kind of president he might be. Much…
Why hundreds of thousands of Muslims rallied against the Jakarta governor
An enormous rally in Jakarta, organised by hardline Islamic militia group the Islamic Defenders Front, appears to have mobilised a diverse group of conservative Muslims in Indonesia.
Why Africa should resist the power of Big Sugar to undermine public health
The decision to tax sugary drinks in South Africa faces furious industry opposition, but global experience shows industry cannot be trusted to put public health before profits.
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Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Italian History, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Improvisation & Contemporary Music, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
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Judge in Residence, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
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Psychologist; writer; tutor in the Media and Communications Program; PhD candidate, University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Resource Management and Geography, University of Melbourne
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PhD student, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, Research Unit for Indigenous Language, School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Fellow, One Health Research Group, University of Melbourne
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Research assistant, University of Melbourne
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow in Science Communication, University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Honorary Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Consultant Research Archivist, University of Melbourne