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1 June 10 |
Almost two million years ago, early humans began eating food such as crocodiles, turtles and fish - a diet that could have played an important role in the evolution of human brains and our footsteps out of Africa, according to new research.
1 June 10 |
Australian television news devotes more air time to horse racing than women's sport, a bench-mark report by UNSW's Journalism and Media Research Centre has found.
28 May 10 |
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was joined by NSW Premier Kristina Keneally to officially open the Lowy Cancer Research Centre at UNSW.
27 May 10 |
For his breakthrough work in tackling vision impairment, Professor Brien Holden has been awarded the Schwab Social Entrepreneur Award for Africa.
25 May 10 |
UNSW's Lowy Cancer Research Centre, to be officially launched on Friday, has won three of the State's highest cancer research honours.
25 May 10 |
UNSW scientists have taken a quantum leap into a new era of computing power by building the world's smallest transistor with just seven atoms.
24 May 10 |
A 40 percent tax on mining super profits may "potentially punch a big hole in government revenues" down the track, says UNSW's Dr Nigel Stapledon.
24 May 10 |
Australia has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make fundamental changes to the way society views and treats illness, a group of leading healthcare academics and clinicians will argue at a free public lecture and debate at the University of New South Wales on Monday 24 May.
24 May 10 |
Australia's first integrated cancer research facility - the Lowy Cancer Research Centre - will be officially opened this Friday 28 May.
21 May 10 |
Acclaimed Chinese author, Yiyun Li, told a Sydney Writers' Festival event hosted by UNSW, what compels her to write.
20 May 10 |
UNSW anthropologist Dr Darren Curnoe has identified another new early human ancestor in South Africa - the earliest recognised species of Homo.
20 May 10 |
The risk of sensitive information falling into the wrong hands could be eliminated by a new quantum communication process that delivers unprecedented security.
20 May 10 |
UNSW sporting greats have been recognised at the Australian University Sports awards, with the launch of a national honour roll.
19 May 10 |
A UNSW academic has worked with UNICEF to establish a professional social work system in Vietnam - the first for the country in 30 years.
18 May 10 |
Investigating the rising popularity of psychology and the diverse career paths students follow is the focus of a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship awarded to Associate Professor Jacquelyn Cranney.
18 May 10 |
The dedication of this year's Biennale of Sydney to Nick Waterlow is a fitting tribute, says COFA Dean Professor Ian Howard.
18 May 10 |
In Australia people with disability often live on the fringes of society. In the latest issue of Uniken, we hear how UNSW research is ensuring their voices are heard.
14 May 10 |
They might be in the infancy of their medical careers, but a group of UNSW students has launched Australia's first medical journal produced for and by medical students.
14 May 10 |
UNSW will lead new research to make solar generated electricity as cheap as coal-fired power following a $5 million grant from the Australian Solar Institute.
14 May 10 |
UNSW postgraduate law student, Samah Hadid, has been selected as Australia's Youth Ambassador to the United Nations for 2010.
11 May 10 |
The UNSW Orchestra will celebrate its 100th concert with a new work by UNSW physicist, Joe Wolfe.
11 May 10 |
Heat stress would make life intolerable for humans in most currently inhabited regions on Earth if the worst-case global warming scenario was to happen, a new study finds.
11 May 10 |
UNSW economics professor John Piggott, a member of the Henry Tax Review panel, explains some of the thinking behind the tax blueprint's 138 recommendations.
7 May 10 |
UNSW - the only higher education partner of the Australia China Business Council - will feature in seven VIP events at China's Shanghai World Expo.
7 May 10 |
Cycling on busy roads at night could become much safer thanks to a new "Firefly" bike light invented by UNSW design graduate James Morton.
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