Science & Tech

metasurfaces

A team of Australian and UK researchers have developed a proof-of-concept technology that could eventually supersede LCDs and LED.

A welcome screen of the Replika app as seen on a mobile phone

The sudden removal of ‘erotic’ features from the virtual friend app has left lovelorn users high and dry.

possums eating dead kangaroo

When they set up remote cameras throughout the bush, scientists were not expecting to capture these small marsupials scavenging for flesh.

hands typing on laptop keyboard

There won’t be an easy tech fix for the questions about authorship raised by ChatGPT and other text generators.

surveying lessonia kelp forests in chile.

An ambitious restoration challenge aims to restore these forgotten forests.

microsoft bing on a computer screen

Users have reported some troubling experiences with the recently released search chatbot.

cybersecurity system

UNSW experts use social media data to develop modelling to strengthen cyber threat intelligence.

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A long-term study led by UNSW Sydney researchers has analysed older Canberrans’ mental health during the 2019/2020 bushfires.

X-ray scan of a hydrogen fuel cell

UNSW Sydney researchers develop algorithm to significantly enhance images of hydrogen fuel cells, with potential future application in medical scanning.

Dr Tim Botzem, Professor Andrea Morello and Dr Rostyslav Savytskyy in the quantum computing lab

UNSW Sydney research demonstrates a new type of quantum bit in silicon, called ‘flip-flop’ qubit, which can facilitate the construction of a large-scale quantum computer.

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