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Scientists develop long-life electrode material for solid-state batteries ideal for EVs

13 Dec 2022

Scientists have developed a positive electrode material that doesn’t diminish after repeated charging cycles, for the manufacture of durable solid-state batteries.

Vice Chancellor and President of UNSW, Professor Brungs, Professor Claire Annesley, Dean of UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture and Minister for Cities Rob Stokes

UNSW launches Cities Institute to help future-proof our cities

18 Aug 2022

The Institute brings together diverse perspectives, expertise and experiences to solve the biggest challenges facing our cities. 

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Vital Signs: Sydney to Newcastle fast rail makes sense. Making trains locally does not

07 Jan 2022

Anthony Albanese’s plan for high-speed rail between Sydney and Newcastle could well be worth the cost, so long as he doesn’t muddy it with 1970s-style industry policy.

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Fasten your seatbelts: roads should have lanes for autonomous vehicles

01 Nov 2021

Exclusive lanes for autonomous vehicles is driving future road modelling.

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Pedestrians should get the green light on traffic signal prioritisation

27 Jul 2021

Why the car shouldn’t always be king when it comes to traffic light sequences.

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In search of walking equality: 70% of Indigenous people in Sydney live in neighbourhoods with low walkability

19 Jul 2021

Reducing transport inequality and improving walkability in Indigenous communities are necessary to help close the health and social gap.

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All your transport options in one place: why mobility as a service needs a proper platform

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.

Digital Transport

UNSW and Cisco announce Research Chair in Digital Transport

21 Sep 2020

The Research Chair in Digital Transport will advance data science in the transport field to enhance the future of mobility, making it safer, more efficient and sustainable.

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We need safe transport alternatives after COVID-19, UNSW experts say

10 Jun 2020

Before jumping behind the wheel, we should consider other modes of transport, say UNSW experts.

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How should public infrastructure change in light of COVID-19?

27 May 2020

Professor Rebecca Ivers, Head of School of Public Health and Community Medicine at UNSW, says we need to encourage people to use different modes of transport, such as cycling and walking, and we need to invest in long-term infrastructure projects to support this.

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