School of Mathematics and Statistics

large dam on rural property

New research suggests Australia’s agricultural water reservoirs could be an innovative energy storage solution for variable renewables.

Jane McAdam and Gary Froyland headshots

Jane McAdam has been awarded $3.1m and Gary Froyland $2.5m for their research projects.

Catherine Greenhill and Michelle Haber

UNSW Sydney professors from UNSW Science and UNSW Medicine & Health have been recognised among the nation’s most distinguished scientists.

A manuscript page of an ancient Hindu text

Using machine learning, we analysed meaning and feeling in different translations of an ancient Hindu holy text.

Blue bottles on sand

The direction a beach faces, relative to wind direction, largely determines how many bluebottles are pushed to shore.

Heavy rain over ocean

A UNSW Sydney-led study shows at least two times more freshwater has shifted from warm to cold regions of the earth than our climate models predicted – signifying broader changes to the global water cycle.

child eating ice cream at the beach

A trip to the beach is a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids.

Two gloved hands holding a clay tablet marked 'Si.427'

We might’ve been under lockdown this year, but science sure wasn’t.

Doctor measuring waist of overweight woman

The prevalence of obesity has doubled in Australia in the last two decades. As a result, overweight and obesity will be associated with 10,000 thyroid cancers in the next decade. 

Dr Daniel Mansfield holds si.427 in gloved hands in a darkened museum storage room ng

A UNSW scientist has revealed that an ancient clay tablet could be the oldest and most complete example of applied geometry, showing that ancient mathematics was more advanced than previously thought.

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