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Biodiversity can rebound after bushfires, but recovery lags in severely burnt areas

23 Oct 2023

Extreme fires drove biodiversity declines despite overall resilience after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season in NSW, a new study suggests.

UNSW Winners of the 2022 Eureka Prize Awards

Four Eureka Prizes awarded to UNSW researchers

01 Sep 2022

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Professor Raina MacIntyre, The Environment Recovery Project and researchers from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have all received prestigious 2022 Eureka Prize awards.

UNSW researchers named as 2022 Eureka Prize finalists

27 Jul 2022

Six UNSW Sydney projects chosen as finalists for Australia’s leading science awards.

Firefighter preparing to battle incoming fire

It's time to rethink Australia's fire management strategies

14 Jan 2022

In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.

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Three 'Oscars' of science awarded to UNSW researchers

08 Oct 2021

A breakthrough in 3D bioprinting that will revolutionise cancer research is among the UNSW projects which have received a prestigious Eureka Prize award.

UNSW finalists announced in 2021 Eureka Prizes

02 Sep 2021

UNSW Sydney celebrates 10 finalists in the ‘Oscars of science’.

Post-bushfire environmental recovery: citizen scientists capture thousands of observations

17 Mar 2021

UNSW Sydney researchers have shown how a rapid-response citizen science project can provide data on plant, animal and fungus recovery following the 2019/20 mega-fires.