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Spin-orbit coupling of an electron in a lattice structure

Scientists strengthen quantum building blocks in milestone critical for scale-up

21 Jul 2020

A team led by UNSW scientists have significantly increased the coherence time of a spin-orbit qubit in silicon, allowing them to preserve quantum information for longer. These results open up a new pathway to scale silicon quantum computers.

Artificial reefs 12 months after installation

Fish reef domes a boon for the environment and recreational fishing

16 Jul 2020

Man-made reefs can be used in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat to increase fish abundance in estuaries, UNSW researchers have found.

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We could lose $30 billion in weeks from cyberwar. But the real loss is the erosion of public trust

16 Jul 2020

Beyond the obvious risk of financial loss, cyberattacks can weaken our trust in digital infrastructure – and by extension, our trust in public institutions, too.

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Grants awarded to collaborative UNSW research projects

15 Jul 2020

UNSW researchers have been awarded CRC-P grants to develop a new space traffic management system and to make cell and gene therapy more affordable.

Wind turbines

Renewable energy transition makes dollars and sense

15 Jul 2020

New UNSW research has disproved the claim that the transition to renewable electricity systems will harm the global economy.

Hydrogen technologies

UNSW receives $4.9m funding for new ARC Training Centre for The Global Hydrogen Economy

14 Jul 2020

The new research centre will aid development of new cost-effective hydrogen technologies – placing Australia firmly at the forefront of the hydrogen economy.

Explore NSW's new wetland national park

08 Jul 2020

At the end of June, the NSW government declared a massive new national park in north-western NSW - a welcome and timely development, according to UNSW ecologist Professor Richard Kingsford, who did the first comprehensive aerial surveys of the area’s waterbirds in the 1990s.

Cows standing in water

Extreme heat and rain: thousands of weather stations show there's now more of both, for longer

07 Jul 2020

As the planet continues to warm, extreme weather events such as heatwaves and heavy rainfall are becoming more frequent, intense and longer, according to global weather data.

A person sitting on top of a mountain

Marine life found in ancient Antarctica ice helps solve a carbon dioxide puzzle from the ice age

07 Jul 2020

As the world warmed from the last ice age, a rise in carbon dioxide levels stalled for nearly 2,000 years. That's always puzzled scientists, but now they think they know what happened.

A flowering plant

New global study reveals ‘time-tree’ of Earth’s flowering plants

07 Jul 2020

New research shows, in a world first, a recreation of the evolution of flowering plants through time - a complete angiosperm 'time-tree'.

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