The next generation of bionic ear technology is a step closer to reality, with UNSW researchers using the cochlear implant in an animal model to deliver DNA to stimulate the regrowth of auditory nerve cells.
Researchers at UNSW have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to deliver gene therapy, successfully regrowing auditory nerves.
UNSW’s first MOOC to be offered via the education platform Coursera – Introduction to Systems Engineering – goes live on 28 April and more than 20,000 students have already enrolled.
Scientia Professor of Physics Michelle Simmons has joined the likes of Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein and Alexander Graham Bell as an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Deregulating student fees and providing more choice through private providers have the potential to transform our higher education sector, which is being strangled by a lack of funding and diversity, writes UNSW Vice-Chancellor Fred Hilmer.
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If we want to build the type of [Australian] defence force that we use in East Timor, the Solomon Islands, in Afghanistan and Iraq, then the Joint Strike Fighter may not be the piece of equipment we need.
Some Australian clothing brands have signed a new initiative to improve conditions in Bangladeshi factories, while other brands are conspicuously absent, writes Justine Nolan.
When we first established intensive care…we could keep people alive longer than we had previously, but … this gradual creep occurred, and we look at it now and think maybe this is something really perverse.
If Australia wants to defend its place in the global higher education market, it will need to find new ways to attract Asian students, writes Geoffrey Garrett.
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24 April 2014
A study published in Nature reveals the widespread decline in greenness and water content in Central Africa's rainforests.
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23 April 2014
There are calls for the frail and elderly not be be overlooked for vaccines against pneumonia this winter, with UNSW research challenging conventional wisdom on immunisation effectiveness in older patients.
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22 April 2014
Is the recently released LEGO movie the world's most expensive commercial, asks Julian Murphet.
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18 April 2014
The establishment of an online database of Australian artists has broken down barriers to make research accessible to all, which means there is no longer any excuse for parochialism, writes Joanna Mendelssohn.
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22 April 2014
UNSW Australia's annual Postgraduate Information Sessions will be held next month (5-8 May), showcasing its range of degrees on offer.
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11 April 2014
Two UNSW academics have been appointed to the expert advisory panel of the federal government’s 2015 Defence White Paper.
