Dr Mandy Hagstrom, an exercise physiologist at the School of Medical Sciences, UNSW takes you through five exercises you can do at home without needing any gym equipment.
24 Sep 2021
Only 7 per cent of Australia’s federal MPs have backgrounds in science. What would it look like if they were a majority?
Power plants subject to greater scrutiny reduced their carbon emissions by 7 per cent. Photo: Shutterstock
24 Sep 2021
Disclosure requirements work, forcing companies to own up to their customers and investors.
A Facebook study found more than 40 per cent of those who reported feeling “unattractive” said the feelings started when using Instagram. Photo: Shutterstock
25 Sep 2021
New information Instagram makes teens feel worse about their bodies is an opportunity for parents to start a conversation with their children.
23 Sep 2021
The increased prominence of anti-Semitic incidents may have you wondering: has anti-Semitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
UNSW's nuclear engineering program prepares students for careers in high-tech industries including nuclear science, nuclear medicine, and mining and resources. Illustration: Shutterstock
22 Sep 2021
The donation from the Sir William Tyree Foundation will expand Australia’s only nuclear education program.
Flying cars could be available as a potential travel option for the general public in the next decade, says UNSW aerospace design expert. Photo: Shutterstock
22 Sep 2021
Look up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a flying car!
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Soft marine coral Xenia cf crassa (blue) among the branches of an Acropora hard coral (green). Photo: Rosie Steinberg.
22 Sep 2021
A technique developed by UNSW Sydney marine biologists promises to efficiently identify which of Australia’s soft coral species are most vulnerable to global warming.
The percentage of total body fat we can lose through strength training is similar to how much we might lose through cardio or aerobics. Photo: Unsplash.
22 Sep 2021
Hate putting on the runners? If fat loss is your goal, a new UNSW Sydney-led study shows that you might not have to.
Australia’s “National Plan” to relax restrictions at 70 per cent and 80 per cent vaccination-rate thresholds was agreed to by National Cabinet on 6 August 2021. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP
21 Sep 2021
The problem with the plan to relax restrictions at 70 per cent and 80 per cent vaccination rates is it’s based on modelling that’s now obsolete.
21 Sep 2021
Becoming socially withdrawn or acting out are signs your child may be distressed.
13 Sep 2021
There is increasing concern about rising rates of mental ill-health and suicide among doctors.
One year following the 2019/20 fires, this forest has been slow to recover. Photo: Rachael Nolan CC BY-NC-ND
21 Sep 2021
Many plants are really good at withstanding bushfires, but the combination of drought, heatwaves and pest insects under climate change may push them to the brink.
The investment will increase access to hepatitis C testing, treatment and cures through scale up of new ‘point-of-care' testing across the country. Photo: Conor Ashleigh
20 Sep 2021
A program jointly run by the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney will set Australia on a path to eliminate hepatitis C.
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20 Sep 2021
You can measure the speed of your broadband connection, but that’s not the whole story. Your network provider also has to manage factors such as data loss and latency to ensure a smooth connection.
The improved success rates are due to many factors. Photo: Shutterstock
19 Sep 2021
UNSW’s annual IVF report has revealed the latest numbers and trends in assisted reproductive technology.
18 Sep 2021
Marine scientist Mariana Mayer Pinto is part of the Australian team nominated as a finalist for a new prize established by the UK’s Royal Foundation.
Housing affordability in Australia, or lack thereof, means many struggle to stay above the poverty line. Photo: James Ross/AAP
17 Sep 2021
Australia faces economic problems down the road if three big, structural reform areas – housing affordability, the tax mix, and decarbonisation – are not addressed.
The US Navy nuclear attack submarine Virginia returns to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard in Connecticut after its first sea trials in 2004. Photo: Wikimedia
17 Sep 2021
Australia's unexpected move to nuclear submarines and the AUKUS alliance raises challenges with China and cost blowouts, say UNSW experts on defence and international relations.
The likelihood of vaccinations reducing the risk of long COVID is one more reason to roll up our sleeves. Photo: Shutterstock.
16 Sep 2021
One study suggests getting vaccinated halves the risk of developing long COVID.
Businesses have been called upon to help boost rates of vaccination in Australia. Photo: Shutterstock
16 Sep 2021
As Australia edges closer to vaccination rollout targets needed to open international borders, big businesses have been stepping up. But is it their role to speed up a government plan?
For the past 10 years, researchers have assumed that the phenomenon existed but were unable to observe it. Photo: UNSW
15 Sep 2021
A fundamental discovery in materials science has potential applications for water filtration and energy storage.
Investigator Grants is the NHMRC's largest scheme for the highest performing researchers at all career stages. Photo: Shutterstock.
15 Sep 2021
High-performing UNSW researchers have been awarded 33 medical and health research fellowships.
15 Sep 2021
UNSW has been awarded NHMRC funding to establish three new research centres for vascular dementia, the mitigation of airborne threats, and research into the impact of food systems on our health and environment.
NHMRC Partnership Projects create opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to undertake research and implement the findings into policy and practice. Photo: Shutterstock.
15 Sep 2021
UNSW Sydney researchers have secured more than $6 million for five projects that will improve public health services.
The UNSW project will work closely with community aged care providers. Image: Shutterstock.
15 Sep 2021
A UNSW Sydney researcher has received a grant to make end of life planning more accessible for older adults.
14 Sep 2021
So many climate models, so little time … A new way of measuring ocean temperatures helps scientists sort the likely from unlikely scenarios of global warming.
09 Sep 2021
When it comes to sexual consent, we need to talk often and earlier, before it’s too late.
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10 Sep 2021
An open process for appointing commissioners is necessary to preserve the Human Rights Commission’s independence and legitimacy.
Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP
09 Sep 2021
The Morrison government says existing laws already provide a positive duty to prevent sexual harassment, but these don’t go far enough.
09 Sep 2021
A ‘storm squad’ of volunteers are collecting seagrass fragments used to rehabilitate endangered Posidonia.
Renewable energy sources accounted for 24 per cent of electricity produced in Australia in 2021, but that figure is set to rise sharply in the future. Image from Shutterstock.
08 Sep 2021
Everything you ever wanted to know about the way we will ultimately derive all our power from renewable sources, and how quickly it will be achieved.
Scientist Emma Harding wonders whether viral fossils stored in human DNA could be protecting us against viral infections. Photo: Emma Harding
08 Sep 2021
Viral fossils buried in DNA may protect against future virus infections, a new marsupial study suggests.
07 Sep 2021
A talk on how pregnancy shapes the brain has taken out the top prize in the 3 Minute Thesis competition in 2021.
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06 Sep 2021
The NSW plan doesn’t measure up against international best practice. And Victoria doesn’t seem to be following a child-centred approach, either.
The Australian Institute of Physics has awarded two medals to Scientia Professor Andrea Morello and Dr Samuel Gorman. Image: Shutterstock
06 Sep 2021
UNSW researchers have won medals from the Australian Institute of Physics, including for excellence in research.
05 Sep 2021
UNSW Sydney scientists are leading a project to bring the iconic mammal back to Royal National Park after almost 50 years.
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03 Sep 2021
Strip away the sexy marketing and what you have is just another digital platform shifting legal responsibilities and risks.
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03 Sep 2021
Most kids will be unvaccinated if schools in the two largest states re-open in term 4. There may still be community transmission, but there are measures we can take to shield kids from the virus.
The current situation of the majority of the Australian population in lockdown is a fight between the common good and individual rights, UNSW Scientia Professor of Psychology Joe Forgas says.
02 Sep 2021
Psychology researcher says the COVID restrictions governments have put in place may undermine trust and the stability of liberal democracies.
One of the biggest challenges is how to implement AI or machine learning assisted decision making in medicine, but with the clinician still feeling in control, says Professor Louisa Jorm. Photo: Shutterstock
02 Sep 2021
Artificial intelligence in ICUs and detecting cancer clones that may be resistant to treatment ahead of time could be the future of medicine.
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01 Sep 2021
There are practical things you can do to make your child more comfortable if they’re ill.
Some people with long COVID develop difficulties in concentrating which can persist months after infection, Dr Lucette Cysique from the UNSW School of Psychology says. Photo: Shutterstock.
01 Sep 2021
A UNSW psychology researcher is behind neurocognitive testing recommendations that will help assess long COVID patients.
02 Sep 2021
UNSW Sydney celebrates 10 finalists in the ‘Oscars of science’.
Cries about an 'obesity epidemic' need to, frankly, cool it. Photo: Unsplash.
01 Sep 2021
Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter their body size.
A new international campaign is calling for “ecocide” – the killing of ecology – to be deemed an international “super crime". Photo: WWF
01 Sep 2021
The push for a new environmental crime has attracted high-profile backers including French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis and Greta Thunberg. But we must get the details right.
The narrative is one of Team Australia and we are “all in this together”. But are we really? Photo: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services.
31 Aug 2021
It’s simply not “safe” for many Australians to come out of Scott Morrison’s proverbial cave until vaccination rates increase.
A career-long focus on childhood and adult cancers has been a driving force for Professor Peter Gunning’s research. Photo: UNSW Sydney.
31 Aug 2021
Professor Peter Gunning has been recognised by the Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology for his research which potentially impacts a broad range of diseases including childhood and adult cancers.
In times of crisis, it is possible to limit human rights to protect goals such as public health and safety, says Professor Justine Nolan, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute. Image: Shutterstock
31 Aug 2021
UNSW legal and software engineering experts look at the implications of vaccine passports and the impact on people’s liberty and safety.
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30 Aug 2021
An ‘orderly departure program’ similar to the one set up after the Vietnam War could offer a vital pathway out of Afghanistan for refugees over the next several years.
The ultimate aim of the project is to release a smarter generation of bandicoots and other locally extinct mammals back into the wild. Photo: UNSW Sydney.
After more than a century, locally extinct bandicoots have returned to Sturt National Park. The nationally threatened species – known by local Aboriginal people as ‘talpero’ – once ranged across inland Australia. Now, a founding population of talpero have been reintroduced to the area by the team at Wild Deserts, a collaboration led by UNSW Sydney ecologists and Ecological Horizons with the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and Taronga Conservation Society Australia. Read the full story
High levels of sodium intake and low levels of potassium intake are widespread, and both are linked to high blood pressure and greater risks of stroke, heart disease and premature death. Photo: Shutterstock
30 Aug 2021
A major new piece of research reports on the results of one of the largest dietary intervention studies ever conducted.
The newly established UNSW RNA Institute is part of a collaborative, RNA Bioscience alliance between NSW universities. Photo: Shutterstock.
25 Aug 2021
Beyond fighting pandemics with mRNA vaccines, there is significant potential to treat cancer, genetic and autoimmune diseases.
In this video, watch how the SARS-CoV-2 virus takes over cells by ‘melting’ them into each other.
Researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Kirby Institute have developed cells that allow them to test the effect of SARS-CoV-2 faster than anywhere else in the world.
The team, led by Associate Professor Stuart Turville, use these genetically “supercharged” cells to quickly understand the dynamics of different variants of the virus, to test their ability to evade vaccines, and to inform the public health response in real time.
The scientists have now shared microscopic footage of the process – in their incredible video, you can see the healthy supercharged cells being taken over by the SARS-CoV-2 virus over a 20-hour period.
Professor Richard Bryant says people get anxious at the start of lockdowns, then their coping resources get eroded over time. Photo: Shutterstock.
25 Aug 2021
A UNSW expert on post-traumatic stress and anxiety explains why this year’s lockdown is affecting everyone – and especially vulnerable groups – differently.
"There is a range of reasons why breakthrough infections occur in fully immunised individuals," said Conjoint Professor at UNSW Medicine & Health, Christine Jenkins. Photo: Shutterstock
24 Aug 2021
Immune fitness, virus variant and vaccine type are all factors that can contribute to breakthrough infections in the fully immunised.
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