The Chief Justice of the High Court examined the evolution of key decisions while delivering a keystone address of the UNSW Law & Justice fraternity.
It seems like no-one is mentioning the dark days of lockdowns. But it’s worth sharing our feelings as we look to an uncertain future.
UNSW Sydney academic Dr Milad Haghani says it’s not impossible for a deadly crush like the one in South Korea to happen in Australia.
The study looked into the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing severe forms of pneumonia. Photo: Shutterstock
Vaccine-resistant pneumonia has increased since a vaccine targeting 13 serotypes of the Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria was introduced into the Australian routine childhood immunisation program.
Professor Andrea Morello explains how the Maxwell's Demon thought experiment was analogous to his team's achievement by selecting only cool electrons for quantum computations. Photo: Richard Freeman/UNSW
UNSW Sydney research demonstrates a 20x improvement in resetting a quantum bit to its ‘0’ state, using a modern version of the ‘Maxwell’s demon’.
Experts say Australia must reclaim the wealth of materials being stockpiled in landfills. Photo: Shutterstock
While bargain sales pump out assets destined for the dump, emerging recycling technologies offer sustainable solutions to landfills.
Bowling clubs have significant value as an informal social space in the suburban fabric. Photo: Shutterstock.
The humble ‘bowlo’, as it’s affectionately known, might not be what it was at its peak, but it remains central to civic life.
While past tenancy law reforms have not caused disinvestment, maybe the next reforms should. Photo: Shutterstock.
It’s often claimed that reforming tenancy laws to better protect tenants will drive landlords out of the market, leading to fewer rental properties. A new study finds no evidence to support the claim.
Dr Emma Buxton-Namisnyk has received the 2022 Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology’s Early Career Award. Photo: supplied
Criminology and law researcher Emma Buxton-Namisnyk’s study of domestic violence policing of First Nations women in Australia has been recognised with an Early Career Research Award.
A multi-city region, also known as a mega-region, establishes an integrated network of globally and locally connected cities. Photo: Shutterstock.
A planning strategy for Australia’s first multi-city region, home to nearly one in four Australians, is being developed. So what’s the thinking behind creating an integrated network of six cities?
Diplomacy is a simplified and abstract game, involving rival armies and navies invading, or not invading, each others’ territories. Photo: Shutterstock.
The AI leans on a particular tactic for its success. If you knew what it was, beating it would get drastically easier.
Ten minutes of aerobic exercise has led to patients reporting greater reduction of PTSD symptoms six months after treatment ended. Photo: Shutterstock
A short burst of aerobic exercise is believed to promote a molecule in the brain that is crucial for learning to feel safe.
The ARC’s Discovery scheme aims to expand the knowledge base and research capacity in Australia. Photo: UNSW.
The new round of grants will support research in science, engineering, medicine, business, arts, and built environment.
Projects that will address institutional racism in Australia’s healthcare system, develop new treatments for children with brain cancer, and improve personalised treatments for high-risk children’s cancer have received NHMRC funding.
A UNSW Sydney professor has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the humanities.
Sheep grazing in a semiarid Patagonian rangeland in Argentina. Photo: Valeria Aramayo.
The positive effects of grazing by livestock and wild herbivores can turn negative as temperatures become warmer.
While Enron is seen as the gold standard for corporate fraud, malfeasance, and complacency, the ramifications from FTX's fall could be far worse, says UNSW Business School's Associate Professor Mark Humphery-Jenner. Photo: Supplied
FTX was the second largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world – today it has been named ‘a complete failure of corporate controls’. What happened? Associate Professor Mark Humphery-Jenner explains.
Professor Attila Brungs, Vice-Chancellor and President UNSW, at the 2022 Security and Defence PLuS conference. Photo: UNSW
An initiative launched with UNSW Sydney will support the statecraft underpinning the AUKUS security pact.
UNSW alumna Meganne Christian is one of more than 22,500 candidates who responded to ESA’s call for new astronauts for missions to the International Space Station and beyond. Photo: European Space Agency
Dr Meganne Christian has been appointed as a trainee astronaut for the European Space Agency after being selected from more than 22,500 applicants.
Pioneering a new technique, researchers have peered into the extremely faint light that exists between galaxies to describe the history and state of orphan stars.
Being able to swim is crucial to how bacteria survive and spread. Photo: Shutterstock.
Researchers from UNSW have uncovered how these tiny organisms can restore their movement in unfavourable conditions.
"CLS-HASI helps these people reconnect socially, assists with their housing needs and, overall, it helps them have a better quality of life," says Dr Peri O'Shea, researcher with lived experience as a mental health consumer and carer. Photo: Shutterstock.
An evaluation by UNSW researchers finds a successful model for consumers and investors that’s achieving positive outcomes.
Jessica Cong is committed to bridging the worlds of business and social impact to support financial inclusion and will undertake a Master of Business Administration next year.
The researchers will investigate brain inflammation in people with schizophrenia and work towards developing new treatments.
E-scooters serve our cities’ need for greater mobility options. Photo: Unsplash.
The rise of these micromobility services could help solve some major challenges facing our cities.
Citizen scientists don't always represent a broad cross-section of society. Photo: supplied.
It’s important that citizen science projects engage volunteers from across society, including young people. A new Australian initiative is doing just that.
Did you know: lightning can strike the same place multiple times? For example, the Empire State Building is reportedly struck by lightning roughly 23 times per year. Image: Shutterstock
UNSW electrical energy expert reveals the striking truth about lightning.
Trevor McDougall’s ground-breaking research has transformed the field of oceanography, while Brett Hallam is credited with making one of the most important improvements to photovoltaic technology in the last 10 years. Photo: Prime Minister's Prizes for Science
It’s the first time UNSW academics have been honoured with the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, the Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation and the Prize for New Innovators in the same year.
Research highlights the need to develop youth-specific self-harm interventions. Photo: Shutterstock.
The risk of repeat self-harm in young people is highest in the first month after an initial self-harm hospital presentation.
Mike Davis’s radical urban history of LA was a trailblazing book that remains startlingly relevant to those of us who live in other supersizing cities in the early 21st century.
A team of Australian scientists led by UNSW Sydney palaeontologist Lachlan Hart has calculated the body mass of two ancient amphibians.
There’s currently no known cure for endometriosis. Photo: Shutterstock.
Surgery is one option to treat endometriosis. Here’s what’s involved.
There have been around 32 cases of poppy seed toxicity reported in Australia over the past month. Photo: Shutterstock
While baked goods are likely to be safe, affected poppy seeds made into a tea can lead to seizures or cardiac arrests.
UNSW academics are included on Research.com's list of best female scientists in the world, while four female alumni and an academic have been lauded in Sunday Life’s trailblazers issue.
The LIEF scheme enables researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive research infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and industry. Photo: Shutterstock.
The two projects aim to produce materials used in electronic, magnetic, and optical devices and infrastructure for the bioprinting of 3D models of organs and tissues.
It's estimated one in four adults feel lonely three or more days a week. Photo: Shutterstock.
A better understanding of loneliness can help us identify when our social needs might be going unmet.
The study indicates the ‘Probable Maximum Precipitation’ (PMP) estimates for 546 large dams across Australia are expected to increase between 14 and 38 per cent on average due to increasing atmospheric moisture. Image: Videvo
A new study says existing models for potential maximum rainfall are out of date and suggests existing dams are potentially at greater risk due to spillway inadequacy.
Researchers from UNSW and University of Melbourne say anybody who is planning to build a large dam needs to think 50 to 100 years ahead and consider the future impacts of climate change on the plausible upper limit of rainfall extremes.
Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). Photo: Vivien Jones, Author provided.
Bats host many viruses dangerous to humans. But it’s only when their habitats are destroyed that we’re at risk.
People who use nitrous oxide recreationally may inhale the gas directly or through an object like a balloon. Photo: iStock.
While it's a drug that's widely considered as ‘safe’, nitrous oxide can cause serious harm.
Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes failed to take over AGL, but he has succeeded in getting a friendlier board of directors.
Singaporeans are more likely to wear masks than Australians. Photo: Shutterstock
The evidence so far suggests this wave could be a shorter and smaller version of the Omicron BA.5 wave.
Women in India today are having fewer children than their mothers did. Photo: Shutterstock.
Stricter population controls in India could have disastrous consequences for women and minority communities.
Whether it’s through a sense of duty or trying to stay safe, Australians have a history of reporting wrongdoers.
Professor Emmanuel Mastio joins the Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy. Photo: supplied
Professor Emmanuel Mastio joins the Australian Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy from the Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre where he was a research commercialisation consultant and IP advisor.
The findings have major implications for the city’s preparedness for flash flooding. Photo: Shutterstock.
The most severe sudden downpours in Sydney have intensified by 40 per cent in the last two decades.
The new 2022 Fellows have been elected in recognition of their excellence in the social sciences.
The Chair of the Board of Directors at Tesla, a human rights lawyer, and an advocate of women in defence and STEM are some of the UNSW graduates recognised in the 50th annual UNSW Alumni Awards.
Overlapping tensions and crises could speed up the shift away from fossil fuels. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP.
This year’s climate talks have been overshadowed by rising international tensions, energy crises and war. But that doesn’t mean climate action is dead.
Sports gambling ads capitalise on Australian cultural values of mateship. Photo: Shutterstock.
We have to get to the heart of our culture’s obsession with sports gambling before we can see change, says UNSW media and advertising expert.
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Phobias are when fears become excessive and interrupt daily life. A new review shows one longer session of exposure is as effective and more time-efficient than shorter sessions.
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The naturally best breeding window for these endangered animals is shortening, prompting a unique change in behaviour.
Australians are being left in the lurch with a higher cost of goods at the checkout after the failed privatisation of Australia’s major container ports increased supply chain costs, says a UNSW Business School expert.
Australia is seeing mortgage stress and other cost-of-living pressures rise, but we can avoid the financial impact being felt in the UK and US, says a UNSW Business School real estate expert.
Many auxiliary factors influence cholesterol production in mammalian cells. Image: Shutterstock.
A study in cell lines shows a previously under-characterised protein in humans supports cholesterol synthesis.
