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UNSW has academic experts available to comment on the federal government budget announcements in October.

Teens clinking glass bottles together around a fire

Should teens drink alcohol? Ideally, no. But in the real world, here are some tips on how to minimise harm.

Two hands exchanging a small bag of ecstasy tablets

The latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows significant changes in perceived availability of all forms of ecstasy.

DNA strands replicating

Could the key to lobsters’ longevity slow down our biological clocks?

Pregnant person holding her stomach

UNSW Sydney BUBs Quit study receives NHMRC Partnership Project funding. 

T cells pushing lytic granules towards immunological synapse

New research reveals the mechanical processes used by T cells to kill cancer cells more efficiently.

UNSW's Sir John Clancy Auditorium

The Fellows have secured more than $13 million for projects in science, engineering, the humanities and medicine. 

Omicron-adapted COVID-19 boosters will likely be available in several countries before the end of the year

Several countries are preparing to distribute Omicron-adapted COVID-19 boosters. What does this mean for Australia?

Professor Peter Macdonald and Dr Yashutosh Joshi

A new heart transplant technique is reducing waiting lists for patients in Australia and potentially around the world.  

A man walking down a busy street with a face mask on

With the goal of ‘business as usual’, politicians will continue to reduce COVID protections without immediate consequence while transmission is low. But then the next wave will come.

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