Greg Leslie

Protest sign reading 'Clean energy, clean future'

Here’s the rundown of everything you need to know about the upcoming Glasgow Climate Summit.

warragamba dam wall

As reserves dwindle, we are becoming increasingly anxious that fresh water will not be reliably available for domestic use, says new UNSW research.

New Inventors inside

A brilliant water-saving invention by UNSW researchers has finished among the nation's best for 2011 on the ABC TV program, The New Inventors.

NewInventors inside

A brilliant water saving idea by UNSW engineering academics Greg Leslie and Bruce Sutton has impressed the judges on ABC TV's New Inventors.

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The world-record in solar cell efficiency, a new class of cancer drugs, and a low-energy system for irrigation have won three UNSW researchers Eureka prizes - Australia's most prestigious science awards.

UNSW researchers will be vying for top honours in the 2009 Eureka Prizes, the "Oscars" of Australian science.

Leslie inside

Technology being developed by UNSW's Associate Professor Greg Leslie could offer new hope to drought-affected farms by allowing irrigation using salty groundwater.