Traditional ochre markings that adorned Eora men in the late 1700s have inspired Brenda L Croft’s ‘Sea of Hands’ installation at Barangaroo Headland.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek on the rooftop of UNSW's Energy Technologies Building, home to the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering. Photo Rob Largent.
Australia can capture a “fair share” of the US$2.5 trillion in forecast global investment in renewables, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said on a visit to UNSW’s solar energy research facilities.
UNSW alumnus Amelia Holliday (left) with co-creators of The Pool Isabelle Toland and urban designer Michelle Tabet. Photo: Alexander Mayes Photography
A sophisticated homage to the humble Australian pool is the inaugural exhibition in the new Australian Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale.
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The US and the UK realise the urgent need for serious investment in cybersecurity. So why is the Australian government taking the issue so lightly, ask Greg Austin and Jill Slay.
Lulu Demetriou, diagnosed with neuroblastoma at eight months old and Georgia Burgess, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia aged three, with Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull at the Children's Cancer Institute, located in UNSW's Lowy Cancer Research Centre. (Photo: Supplied).
An initiative aimed at improving outcomes for children with the most difficult-to-treat cancer has received a $20m pledge from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Kidney disease sufferers in remote communities could use the portable Vita dialysis machine in the comfort of their homes.
A portable dialysis machine has won two national Good Design awards, bringing a UNSW graduate one step closer to saving lives in remote communities.
Modified and ‘polished’ images may not represent scientific discoveries purely, but they are as close to the truth as we know, writes Kate Patterson.
An artist's illustration of 15 million-year-old Malleodectes from Riversleigh, chomping down on what appears to have been its favourite food—snails. The massive, shell-cracking premolar tooth is visible in the open mouth. Illustration by Peter Schouten
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site in north-western Queensland.
Nathan Power.
Nathan Power looks set to be a part of the Australian Men’s Water Polo team for the Rio Olympics, but he says being selected is just the beginning.
This year marks the largest UNSW presence at Sydney’s Vivid Festival with a “kitsch Love-O-Meter” designed by UNSW students taking centre-stage as one of the Festival’s most popular installations.
A luminous kind of sea creature in the guise of a piece of public furniture has washed up on the water’s edge at Walsh Bay for Sydney's Vivid Festival.
Coal mining and possibly groundwater extraction are responsible for the recent drying out of Thirlmere Lakes in the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, a new UNSW report concludes.
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The time has come for corporations to step up and help safeguard human rights, says Michael Posner, who has delivered UNSW’s Australian Human Rights Centre Annual Lecture.
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A study that found Australians changed their use of statin medications after an ABC TV Catalyst program questioned their effectiveness has won a National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research.
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The idea that everyone should have and enjoy sex, and continue doing so through old age, is recent, writes Juliet Richters.
UNSW's Stephanie Bishop with her ABIA. Photo: supplied
A UNSW creative writing lecturer and the University’s publishing arm have won major prizes at the annual Australian book industry awards in Sydney.
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Smaller super funds are just as efficient as some of the very largest, bucking industry belief that biggest is best, writes Rob Nicholls.
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Already popular in Australia, litigation funding is gaining traction in the US, but with a problematic twist, writes Michael Legg.
UNSW is a global leader in solar cell research, which has brought well over $8 billion in economic benefits to Australia.
Leading scientists have called on both major political parties not to ‘unintentionally kill’ solar cell research in Australia by cutting off grant funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.
UNSW Scientia Professor Michell Simmons
For her world-leading research in the fabrication of atomic-scale devices for quantum computing, UNSW's Michelle Simmons has been awarded a prestigious Foresight Institute Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology.
Prue Watt in action. Photo: supplied
As one of Australia’s most successful Paralympian swimmers, UNSW Ben Lexcen scholar Prue Watt knows what's in store in the lead up to Rio.
Crane numbers, in this case in Darlington, Sydney, are an indication of the number of new units coming onto the market. Francisco Anzola/flickr
An array of forces are converging to give the multi-unit house of cards a shove, writes Chris Martin.
Steve Durbach in his Maroubra studio with examples of his quantum-inspired art. Photo: Quentin Jones
Inspired by UNSW’s ground-breaking research, Steven Durbach's paintings, animations, and other artworks express the beauty of the ideas at the heart of quantum physics.
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