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Chandrawati and Pahlevani

UNSW engineers named among the nation’s most innovative

03 Jul 2020

Dr Rona Chandrawati and Dr Farshid Pahlevani have been recognised in the list of Australia’s Most Innovative Engineers for 2020.

lifeguard on beach

How coronavirus self-isolation fatigue may lead to more beach drownings this summer

03 Jul 2020

COVID-19 is changing the dynamics of people swimming at beaches around the world, potentially making it more unsafe.

Climate change threat to tropical plants

Climate change threat to tropical plants

02 Jul 2020

Half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new UNSW study predicts.

Australia cyber network

Morrison's $1.3 billion for more 'cyber spies' is an incremental response to a radical problem

01 Jul 2020

The Coalition has announced a new package to boost cyber security. But this is not new money and much more needs to be done to ward off cyber threats.

Mukupirna nambensis

Discovery of extinct giant wombat in Australian desert

01 Jul 2020

A new extinct family of giant wombat relatives has been discovered in the Australian desert. The giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it.

Colours of the Bulloo Overflow

New wetland national park ‘wonderful addition’ to conservation reserves

29 Jun 2020

The new national park declared by the NSW government is still in excellent condition because its water supply remains largely intact, a top ecologist says.

An artist's impression of the GJ887 planetary system.

Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf star

26 Jun 2020

An international team of researchers has found multiple planet systems orbiting red dwarf star Gliese 887.

Mukupirna nambensis

New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert

26 Jun 2020

A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it.

Scented products can make you smell worse

Why one person’s sweet scent is another’s foul odour

24 Jun 2020

A UNSW researcher explains how our perceptions of smell differ and why products like perfume or deodorant don’t always make us smell nicer.

Researchers working at the Patriot Hills Blue Ice Area of Antarctica

Seasonal sea ice changes hold clues to controlling CO2 levels, ancient ice shows

23 Jun 2020

New research has shed light on the role sea ice plays in managing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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