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Lepas anserifera barnacles on a log on a beach

Could a common barnacle help find missing persons lost at sea?

26 Feb 2021

UNSW marine scientists have used a barnacle to develop two equations that can help estimate when and where a local boat may have sunk.

Dingo surrounded by trees looking in the distance

Dingo effects on ecosystem visible from space

24 Feb 2021

Satellite images taken over three decades show that keeping dingoes out comes at a price.

Earth's magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change

19 Feb 2021

The last major geomagnetic reversal triggered a series of dramatic events that have far-reaching consequences for our planet.

Stromatolites – fossils of earliest life on Earth – may owe existence to viruses

19 Feb 2021

As the Mars Rover sets out to look for evidence of life on another planet, scientists back on Earth suggest viruses played a key role in creating stromatolites, our planet’s earliest lifeforms.

Perseverance rover’s search for life on Mars: from the outback to the red planet

19 Feb 2021

As NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars, UNSW is playing a key role in the search for life on the red planet. In July 2019, Professor Martin Van Kranendonk took a team of NASA and European Space Agency scientists to the Pilbara, in the Western Australian outback.

Ancient relic points to a turning point in Earth's history 42,000 years ago

19 Feb 2021

Just like in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the answer was 42.

All the colours of the dingo: not just a yellow dog

16 Feb 2021

Animals assumed to be dingo-dog hybrids based on their coat colour and culled may have been pure dingoes, a study involving UNSW finds.

A beach with two signs denoting predicted sea levels in 2030 and sea levels in 2050

Sea level data confirms climate modeling projections were right

15 Feb 2021

Projections of rising sea levels this century are on the money when tested against satellite and tide-gauge observations, scientists find.

UNSW Sydney leads group to power NSW infrastructure with renewables

10 Feb 2021

Researchers will work with the NSW Office of the Chief Scientist & Engineer and industry to store and convert excess renewable energy for use in a range of sectors.

A syringe in a 3D-printer extruding ink into a special gel bath.

Scientists 3D print bone with living cells

09 Feb 2021

3D printers may one day become a permanent fixture of the operating theatre after UNSW scientists showed they could print bone-like structures containing living cells.

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