There has been much debate about the “details” of the Voice to Parliament, but the referendum is on the principle.
The Albanese government introduced a bill to make changes to our referendum process. Photo: Shutterstock.
The Albanese government wants to change the way referendums work ahead of the Voice to Parliament vote. There are still flaws, but it is a step in the right direction.
UNSW will raise stipends for PhD and other HDR scholarship candidates to ease the financial stress caused by cost-of-living pressures. Photo: UNSW Sydney.
UNSW will lift stipends for PhD and other HDR scholarship candidates from 2023, to set the benchmark for living wage stipends in Australia.
The Centre is developing new cost-effective technologies and building Australia’s capability, to place the nation at the forefront of the hydrogen economy.
The SunSPOT tool allows users to view their property on a map and see how many solar panels will fit and where they can go. Photograph from Shutterstock
New version of UNSW’s SunSPOT solar calculator now covers all of Australia and allows households, small businesses and councils to obtain independent solar and battery savings estimates.
Dr Meganne Christian has previously conducted experiments in zero-G conditions aboard a special parabolic flight. Photograph supplied by Dr Meganne Christian
The sky has proven to not be the limit for the UNSW Engineering alumna, who is poised to become the first Australian woman in space.
A UNSW Sydney and ACOSS partnership report explores the lived experiences of poverty among the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medical negligence litigation is misaligned with health policies on quality and safety in health care. Photo: Shutterstock.
Alternative dispute resolution options would improve outcomes for patients harmed by health care.
Researchers have mapped the locations of hotels that are known to be used for immigration detention. Image: Shutterstock
Researchers have mapped the hotels known to be used for immigration detention across Australia, creating the first coast-to-coast visualisation of a practice that has operated largely in the shadows for two decades.
Sharing our feelings and processing our collective emotions can be helpful as we find ourselves navigating a constantly shifting “new normal”. Photo: Unsplash.
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.
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’.
Lamotrigine is an anti-convulsant drug commonly used for treating bipolar disorder and epilepsy. Photo: Shutterstock.
Two patients experienced side effects after taking a generic batch of lamotrigine that was compromised.
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.
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.
Researchers at UNSW Sydney are developing safer, less invasive approaches to biopsy tumours.
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.
The Governor of NSW, Margaret Beazley, announced the election of Dr Sarah Haynes as the NSW Rhodes Scholar Elect for 2023. Photo: Supplied.
Dr Sarah Haynes is dedicated to improving women’s health globally and plans to undertake a Master of Science in Women’s and Reproductive Health and Master of Science in Global Health Science.
