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RMIT University’s Professor Anne-Laure Mention examines the future challenges and limitations of financial technology and advocates for coherent efforts to shape the future of FinTech research, policy and practice.

Scientists have revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact.

There's no question of the global impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the aviation sector, being one of the first sectors to bear the brunt of the crisis as the pandemic evolved.

RMIT has been awarded the European Commission’s ‘HR Excellence in Research’, becoming the first Australian institution to be recognised in the prestigious program.

With its high population density and compact built environment, the Catalan capital is employing nature-based solutions to tackle typical urban challenges and improve the life of its inhabitants.

Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla, founder and partner at Vaikla Studio and a member of the Advisory Board of the Estonian Association of Interior Architects, is also Adjunct Professor in Interior Design at RMIT.

RMIT University is partnering with Europe’s leading 3D printing institute to support the transformation of Australian manufacturing.

The SAFETY4RAILS research project, which has received €7.7 million from the European Union’s prestigious Horizon 2020 funding scheme, is set to increase the safety and recovery of track-based inter-city railway and intra-city metro transportation from cyber and/or physical attacks.

New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in the womb – a process critical to healthy brain function.

With the focus on economic recovery, Trump, Brexit and Australia’s trade negotiations with Europe and the United Kingdom are all reshaping our future.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a rapid acceleration of the digitalisation of industry like never before.

New research shows older immune cells have to fight just to survive, in a study that overturns previous thinking and sheds light on how ageing affects the immune system.

A world-first therapeutic for treating sleep apnea and a range of other weak muscle conditions will be unveiled this month at global biotech innovation event, BIO Digital.

The new PhD program is expected to produce a new generation of high performing early stage researchers in innovation and technology management able to embrace the major challenges of future industrial systems.

A European funded research project has released an online decision-making tool to identify suitable Nature-Based Solutions according to a city’s specific environmental challenges

A new project brings together Australian and UK urban experts to virtually model and test the benefits of transport planning in creating healthier and sustainable cities across both countries.

An Australian tune written using artificial intelligence has claimed first prize in a new international song competition.

As the coronavirus pandemic highlights our deep vulnerability to novel viruses, researchers are bringing new ways of thinking to the development of desperately needed anti-viral treatments.

While the world reels from the impacts of the pandemic, one expert believes now more than ever we have the opportunity to prioritise collaborative innovation that puts people before profit.

A major study spanning six continents reveals that greenhouse gas emissions from dry inland waterways have been significantly underestimated.