Scientia Professor Michelle Simmons has been named 2018 Australian of the Year.
17 Jan 2019
Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores have built a portfolio that combines the rehabilitation of old buildings with creating new public spaces.
Associate Professor Kim Delbaere and Dr Matthew Brodie.
17 Jan 2019
A team of researchers from NeuRA and UNSW have received funding to test eHealth and smart garment technologies designed to prevent falls in people with Parkinson’s disease.
Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith
15 Jan 2019
Lisa Harvey-Smith has joined UNSW Sydney as Professor of Practice in Science Communication and the Australian government's Women in STEM Ambassador.
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16 Jan 2019
Actuary Anthony Asher suggests why the banking royal commission should have examined excessive CEO remuneration.
Dead fish are a source of food for bacteria, which then extract oxygen from the river. Image from Shutterstock
15 Jan 2019
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in low-oxygen water. Here's what actually happened to the oxygen, and why we might see more deaths in the coming weeks.
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16 Jan 2019
The new visa allowing migrant parents to bring their own parents to Australia to provide childcare support has dangers for families, write Angela Kintominas and Myra Hamilton.
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10 Jan 2019
Evidence is growing that pill testing encourages young people to reconsider their drug use — and new forms of testing can provide even more benefits.
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The study shows how intracluster light — the light of lonely stars — can indicate the distribution of invisible dark matter in massive galaxy clusters. Image: NASA/STScI/J. DePasquale
11 Jan 2019
The light of lone stars helps astronomers trace the distribution of dark matter in massive galaxy clusters – thanks to a new method discovered by UNSW scientists.
15 Jan 2019
UNSW Sydney proves popular again with prospective students, who are being encouraged to enrol once they receive an official offer to secure their place.
11 Jan 2019
Prices are off, but from unprecedented highs. It could be a one-time adjustment.
10 Jan 2019
UNSW's Professor John Church, the world's pre-eminent expert in sea level rise, is the first Australian awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change.
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Study authors Dr Joris Keizer and Professor Michelle Simmons
08 Jan 2019
UNSW scientists have shown that their pioneering single atom technology can be adapted to building 3D silicon quantum chips – with precise interlayer alignment and highly accurate measurement of spin states. The 3D architecture is considered a major step in the development of a blueprint to build a large-scale quantum computer.
10 Jan 2019
A new study by UNSW medical researchers sheds light on an understudied area – community beliefs about what causes cancer in children.
Mudflats at Sandgate, near Brisbane, Australia. Intertidal ecosystems around the world have been receding, according to the latest data. Picture: Shutterstock
20 Dec 2018
In a world-first study of its kind, UNSW and UQ researchers used artificial intelligence and extensive satellite imagery to find that intertidal zones around the globe have receded.
Protests in Caracas in 2017 were repressed by the Bolivarian National Guard using tear gas. Image from Shutterstock
16 Jan 2019
Beginning with President Chávez and continuing under President Maduro, Venezuela has evolved into a rampant kleptocracy.
19 Dec 2018
Seven UNSW academics and alumni have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships, the flagship US foreign exchange program that aims to increase binational research collaboration and the exchange of ideas.
