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Secrets of Antarctic lake’s microbes revealed

11 Aug 2020

UNSW Science Professor Rick Cavicchioli is an expert in microbes and why they are so important – just last year, he led an urgent call for the world to stop ignoring this ‘unseen majority’ in Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystem when addressing climate change. 

bottles filled with human breast milk

Pasteurisation inactivates COVID-19 virus in human milk: new research

11 Aug 2020

A new study has confirmed what researchers already suspected to be the case: heat inactivates SARS-CoV-2 in human milk.

Eye-cow is watching you

Eye catching conservation tool protects livestock, lions and livelihoods

07 Aug 2020

Painting eyes on the backsides of cattle in Botswana appears to prevent attacks from lions in landscapes where they coexist.

Smog

‘Roaming reactions’ study to shed new light on atmospheric molecules

07 Aug 2020

A team of chemists has lifted the hood on the mysterious interplay between sunlight and molecules in the atmosphere known as ‘roaming reactions’, which could make atmospheric modelling more accurate.

Whale ‘snot’ study shows poorer health in migration

05 Aug 2020

UNSW Sydney researchers collected and tested samples of humpback whale "snot" – similar to mucus from a human nose – and found severely depleted microbial diversity a

veena sahajwalla in a laboratory

Microrecycling science delivers new ‘material microsurgery’ technique

05 Aug 2020

New developments in microrecycling science could help revolutionise the recycling and manufacturing sectors.

A dingo in the wild

Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years – and pesticides might be to blame

03 Aug 2020

The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led by UNSW Sydney shows. 

A diverse biocrust community in western New South Wales.

Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies: global analysis

31 Jul 2020

Miniscule plants growing on desert soils can help drylands retain water and reduce erosion, UNSW researchers have found.

Artist’s impression of the thin stream of stars torn from the Phoenix globular cluster, wrapping around the Milky Way

Phoenix stream: the ancient stars that time forgot

30 Jul 2020

Scientists find remnant of strange dismembered star cluster at Galaxy’s edge

Humpback whale breaks the water's surface

Whale 'snot' reveals likely poor health during migration

30 Jul 2020

UNSW researchers have linked the burden of humpback whales’ annual migration to depleted microbial diversity in their airways – an indicator of overall health.

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