Science & Tech

African wild dogs have a feeding queue: why it makes sense

21 Feb 2022

Understanding feeding patterns is key to understanding the origin and implications of many aspects of animal social lives.

Scientia Professor Toby Walsh and Professor Charles C. Sorrell

Royal Society of NSW honours UNSW researchers as Fellows

18 Feb 2022

Australia’s oldest learned society recognises UNSW professors for their work in the fields of artificial intelligence and ceramic science engineering.

an olympian curler crouches low to the ice while competing

The slippery science of Olympic curling: we still don’t know how it works

15 Feb 2022

The game of curling is centuries old, but exactly what makes the stones curl as they slide over the ice is still a mystery.

A tweet claim by US President Donald Trump about election fraud

How can we get better at telling misinformation from reliable expert consensus?

15 Feb 2022

UNSW psychology researchers have shown how to better communicate key messages and avoid misinformation.

a humanoid robot stands in front of a window in a space station above earth

Should we ban killer robots?

14 Feb 2022

Lethal autonomous weapons systems demand careful consideration but nightmare scenarios of the future won't become reality anytime soon, says a UNSW Canberra military ethicist.

A crop plantation with mountains in the background

National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property

11 Feb 2022

Threatened species don’t just live in national parks. Almost half of their distributions are on private land.

A composite image showing wind turbines and solar cells in the background, and a hydrogen fuel pump in the foreground

Five things you need to know about Green Hydrogen

11 Feb 2022

Green Hydrogen could play a big role in helping countries cut their CO2 emissions, but what exactly is it and how can it be used?

UNSW collaboration to fortify systems and prevent hacking

09 Feb 2022

UNSW has partnered with Secure Systems Research Center to implement ground-breaking cyber security technology.

Man standing in misty Tarcutta Hills Reserve

Queensland's vast private conservation areas are dangerously exposed to mining

02 Feb 2022

New research finds Queensland’s laws fail to protect private conservation areas from the hidden impacts of mining on groundwater.

DNA sample analysis times dramatically reduced thanks to new file format

02 Feb 2022

Nanopore sequence analysis can now be done more than 30 times faster, providing quicker and better specialised treatments for patients with cancer and other diseases.

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