New research into the impact of the Henty Machinery Fields Days on regional Australia is at the heart of a new formal relationship between the premier mixed farming field days and Australia’s leading agricultural educator.

Each community in the Murray Darling Basin should have a greater say in how they react to the decreasing availability of water around them, according to a group of CSU researchers who work extensively with these communities on issues such as drought and soil salinity.

CSU, in association with three Chinese educational institutions has been successful in obtaining an Australian Leadership Awards – Fellowships for four leading Chinese academics to enhance their capacity in measuring environmental pollution and identifying appropriate pollution controls.

A CSU researcher says her co-authored study of the jury selection process in Australia indicates that the current conditions under which Australian jurors are selected make peremptory challenges inappropriate in contemporary courtrooms.

A CSU researcher says her postgraduate research shows there is often experimentation in the use of social media as part of organisational communication, and yesterday's debate on Twitter between leaders of the main NSW political parties is an example of such an experiment.

Concerns that the services necessary to support older Australians in inland communities may not be adequate or available in the future have prompted a new study by a team of aged care researchers from CSU.

Wine lovers have been enlisted to explore the final frontier of wine appreciation - mouthfeel.

Significant rain in parts of southern NSW during late summer has provided a timely opportunity for work to begin on a study into rain-filled wetlands being conducted by researchers from CSU.

In a peaceful glasshouse at CSU, a research student bends over small pots of barley as he poses the big question of whether compost could one day replace synthetic fertilisers to promote plant production.