What is the difference between the mRNA vaccine and the adenovirus vaccine? Can the mRNA vaccine be tweaked when new variants develop?
14 May 2021
Australia needs a new national assessment system rather than reforms to the current NAPLAN system, according to a new report from the Gonski Institute for Education.
UNSW researchers will share more than $8 million in funding from the MRFF. Photo: Shutterstock.
14 May 2021
Researchers to examine new treatments for “ice” use, Crohn’s disease, spinal cord injuries, and new methods for detecting epidemics.
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14 May 2021
Will new guidelines on how to protect front-line workers acknowledge the coronavirus can spread via the air we breathe? It's time they did.
13 May 2021
Tackling the scar tissue that shields pancreatic tumours from effective drug access is a promising advance in a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer.
Prof. Ian Jacobs said the study's findings were deeply disappointing and it is critical that research into ovarian cancer continues. Image: UNSW
13 May 2021
Research led by UNSW Sydney's Vice-Chancellor has found screening methods for ovarian cancer do not improve survival rates from the disease.
COVID-19 sparked political, cultural and social tensions around the world – and face masks became their battleground. Photo: Michal Urbanek / Shutterstock.
13 May 2021
Sometimes the simplest objects can tell the most powerful stories.
10 May 2021
UNSW Sydney has academic experts available to comment on the Federal Government budget announcement.
The 2021 Federal Budget includes three measures aimed at increasing the uptake of the Pension Loans Scheme. Photo: Shutterstock
12 May 2021
While changes in the 2021 Federal Budget make the Pension Loans Scheme more attractive for senior homeowners, more can be done, write UNSW Sydney experts.
Each time someone accesses an item online in the Library Collection, it is reflected in the visualisation. Photo: UNSW Library
12 May 2021
UNSW Library Unstacked is a ground-breaking visualisation of research activity across the University.
11 May 2021
UNSW Business School research shows Airbnb hosts who appear to be more attractive and trustworthy charge up to 5 per cent more than their peers for similar listings.
The government needs to continue with fiscal stimulus to assist with the changes over the past year being absorbed into the economy in different ways. Photo: Shutterstock
07 May 2021
The federal government should focus on specific measures that will boost employment and stimulate growth and productivity, says UNSW Business School’s Gigi Foster.
The model the researchers deployed in this study was shown to be highly successful in reducing hepatitis C transmission in prisons. Image: Shutterstock
07 May 2021
Hepatitis C testing and treatment in prisons is key to reducing infections, a new study by the Kirby Institute has shown.
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07 May 2021
Australians have endured floods, bushfires and hailstorms and more over the last two years. The government is better aligning policy to deal with disasters, but its plan is somewhat half-baked.
Across her writing life, Kate Jennings produced essays, novels, short stories and journalism, as well as poetry, all written with a fierce honesty and wit, refusing what she saw as cant and sentiment. Photo: Text Media
06 May 2021
With her incandescent anger, sharp tongue and courage, Kate Jennings spoke to power. Her death offers a moment to reflect on the role of writers as forces of social change.
05 May 2021
Everyone from human rights experts to famous cricketers are expressing their disgust at the federal government's India travel ban. Its legality depends on what laws you are looking at.
04 May 2021
Labour market scarring can have a lifelong effect on people’s earnings and their ability to climb the employment ladder, says UNSW Business School's Richard Holden.
The White-lipped Tree Frog (Litoria infrafrenata) from northern Queensland is an example of one of Australia's most tolerant frog species. Photo: Jodi Rowley.
04 May 2021
A UNSW and Australian Museum study using data from a citizen science project finds 70 per cent are vulnerable to housing, agriculture, roads and recreation.
HEO Robotics Founders Dr Hiranya Jayakody and Dr Will Crowe. Photo: UNSW.
30 Apr 2021
HEO Robotics is teaming up with Space Machines Company to launch an on-orbit inspection camera into space.
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30 Apr 2021
It took just 5,000 years for large and well-organised groups of people to populate all corners of the continent.
Rob Brooks says digital lovers such as sex robots can meet a huge, unmet demand for sex from people who are lonely and crave intimacy, but also have the potential to blackmail and manipulate us. Image: Shutterstock.
30 Apr 2021
If we aren’t careful with our online data, artificial intelligence will take over our intimate personal lives, a new book says.
Research shows that a smaller number of organisations account for an ever-increasing proportion of total attention on the internet, with one large player usually dominating in each sector. Image: Shutterstock.
29 Apr 2021
New research shows that the variety of online players is shrinking rapidly, although the overall size of the worldwide web continues to expand and functional and geographic opportunities are rising.
Every year, more than 684,000 people die as a result of a fall, and 172 million more are left with short- or long-term disability. Image: Shutterstock
29 Apr 2021
UNSW researchers say implementation of new fall prevention strategies will have real impact on lives
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29 Apr 2021
NSW is developing a planning policy with the goal of creating healthy places. The policy goals need to be embedded in laws and budgets.
The book says an open mind, open heart and clear thinking are three core capabilities that underlie wise action, which can help people and groups change the world for the better. Image: Shutterstock.
29 Apr 2021
If we want to change the world for the better, we need to learn how to act wisely, a new book says.
Earth, seen here from the moon, has gone through 10 stages of mineral evolution, according to Dr Robert Hazen from Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Earth and Planets Laboratory. Credit: Shutterstock.
28 Apr 2021
The planet's evolution and ‘microbial poop’ were just some of the wide ranging topics US mineralogist Dr Robert Hazen covered at the UNSW Centre for Ideas event last night.
Manufacturing of mRNA vaccines is a process with multiple steps and requires smooth delivery of components. Photo: Georgi Licovski/EPA/AAP
28 Apr 2021
Skyrocketing demand coupled with shortages of vital components is leading to bottlenecks in the supply chain of Pfizer's and other mRNA vaccines.
Only when a properly "designed and managed platform underpins" all the mobility services will the real transformation be unlocked. Photo: Edi Kurniawan/Unsplash.
27 Apr 2021
It has happened with software, computing and entertainment, but we're still waiting for the platform needed for mobility as a service to reach its full potential.
26 Apr 2021
These issues matter to our strategic allies, particularly in the Pacific. Dutton's climate change scepticism and attitudes toward First Nations people could be damaging.
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26 Apr 2021
During the height of the pandemic, people with disability felt they had been forgotten and were not a priority. In the vaccine rollout, the government is repeating its past mistakes.
Image: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
26 Apr 2021
Our team discovered clear changes in the distribution and strength of ocean eddies. These changes have never been detected before.
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23 Apr 2021
To be effective, a video needs to be clear about its message and relatable. The government's milkshake video seemingly about consent failed on both counts. But these videos get it right.
A student from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia performs the Jaranan Dance in Surabaya as part of the campus’s summer program in 2018. Photo: ANTARA FOTO/Moch Asim
23 Apr 2021
When Australian universities cancel their language programs, they abandon their crucial role in promoting engagement with Indonesia. In the long run, ties between the two countries will suffer for it.
Ferns send up new shoots after the bushfires in January 2020. Photo: Casey Kirchhoff
22 Apr 2021
There are many UNSW projects that citizen scientists can get involved in to help protect the environment.
Foundation members sign the EducateAT Parramatta Alliance Charter. Left to right: Swinburne University of Technology Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global & Community Engagement) Interim Dr Andrew Smith, Western Sydney University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover, University of Sydney Vice-Principal (External Relations) Tania Rhodes-Taylor, City of Parramatta Lord Mayor Cr Bob Dwyer, City of Parramatta Council CEO Brett Newman, UNSW Sydney Dean of Engineering Professor Stephen Foster, University of New England Sydney Director Robert Field, and Western Sydney Local Health District Acting Executive Director of Medical Services & Director of Education, Research and Education Network Professor Peter Hockey. Photo: Western Sydney University/Sally Tsoutas
22 Apr 2021
UNSW Sydney has joined an Australian-first alliance of government and leading universities to promote Sydney’s west as a global destination for educational excellence.
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