Whether it's creators and designers or researchers and players, gaming communities show that the true value of games lies not just in the code - but in the collaborative worlds they build together 🎮

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What’s the first thing you do when you’re awarded a Nobel Prize?

Deliver a first-year chemistry tutorial of course, and then celebrate ⚛️

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Today, video game stories come in all shapes and sizes 🎮

Dr Cassandra Barkman and A/Prof Eddie Paterson from the Faculty of Arts and MAGPIE (Melbourne Academic Games, Play and Interactive Entertainment) share how storytelling in games allows for diverse stories to be shared → unimelb.me/473I27w

Did you know that the gaming culture didn't accidentally become dominated by males? It was deliberately marketed that way 🎮

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AI is changing healthcare, but are we ready for the risks?

New research finds that while chatbots like ChatGPT and DeepSeek were accurate at identifying conditions, they suggested unnecessary tests in over 90% of cases and prescribed inappropriate treatments in 50%.

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The National Climate Risk Assessment paints a grim future for Australia, but change is possible if we adapt to what's to come, according to experts from the Faculty of Science.

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A new major exhibition is now open the Grainger Museum!

Silent Hand Catches Silver Bell brings audiences face-to-face with custom-built instruments, striking installations, and rare archival material that reveal the scale, audacity and ingenuity of their practice → unimelb.me/4h5sdln

Earlier this week, #UniMelb researchers were a part of a landmark United Nations event, a global initiative to improve indoor air quality, ensuring access to clean and healthy indoor air is increasingly recognised as essential for public health.

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For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports, writes Melbourne Climate Futures Research Fellow Arthur Wyns.

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#UniMelb at dusk 🌥️

📸 via @TirthLensCraft on Instagram

Backed by nearly $2 million from the Medical Research Future Fund, a simple blood test to assess placental health, preventing stillbirths, will soon be trialled by #UniMelb researchers and partner institutes across Australia.

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Our Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal satellite (aka SpIRIT), developed by our own Melbourne Space Lab in the School of Physics, has been orbiting the Earth for nearly 2 years now. It has now entered the final phase of the mission.

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The shift from manual, labour-intensive surveys to using drones equipped with thermal-imaging cameras has allowed us to more effectively observe and protect our most vulnerable wildlife in Australia.

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