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Adding ourselves to this conversation 🐱 Meet the social team cats of RMIT: Juniper, Miss Girl and Polly 🐾 Please show us your furry friends below🥹📸⬇️

These researchers are some pretty fun-guys. Wait, no – the research is about *fungi* and how it might be the next best thing in fire-retardant cladding for buildings. Find out more: https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2023/jul/fire-retardant-fungi

From Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, a string of incidents involving fans throwing items at the artists they love on stage has flooded social media in recent weeks. 🎤👩‍🎤   Fandom and online pop music researcher at RMIT, Kate Pattison (@katepatto), says though it isn’t new, the proliferation of social media platforms has further encouraged the behaviour. 📱   In a post-Covid era, opportunities to meet artists are limited, so these on stage acknowledgments have become more valuable. 💎

An Australian team plans to grow plants on the Moon by 2026! 🌕🌱 The research, funded by the Australian Government and led by local start-up Lunaria One in collaboration with RMIT, @qutrealworld, ANU and industry, bodies could reveal a greater understanding of horticulture in extreme environments.

RMIT week in review 🧵 All the news, research and expert commentary out of RMIT this week ⬇️

Melbourne’s winter weather putting on a show for our first day on threads 🚋☀️

We’re on Threads! 🎉 What kind of content do you want to see from us here❓ New research? Expert commentary? Achievements? Campus life? All of the above? 🎓🏫 Let us know! ⬇️