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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.

Early 20th Century brain model

Being 'mind-blind' may make remembering, dreaming and imagining harder, study finds

23 Jun 2020

Aphantasia – being blind in the mind’s eye – may be linked to more cognitive functions than previously thought, new research from UNSW Sydney shows.

A glass ball on moss showing the world, a symbolic picture for environment

Overconsumption and growth economy key drivers of environmental crises: scientists’ warning on affluence

22 Jun 2020

If we want to mitigate and solve the many global environmental issues the world is facing, we can’t rely on technology alone, scientists have warned.

Astrophysicist Kirsten Banks

We can all be stargazers – and now is the perfect time to start

19 Jun 2020

An astrophysicist shares tips on how to make the most of the Winter Solstice this weekend – and you don’t even need equipment to start exploring the sky. 

Professor Andrew Dempster and Dr Eamonn Glennon

UNSW space research receives government funding

18 Jun 2020

Grant will allow researchers to improve precision of satellite data to benefit a range of industries. 

A group of Pacific leaping blennies out of the water on the foreshores of the island Guam

Fish evolution in action: land fish forced to adapt after leap out of water

17 Jun 2020

Many blennies – a remarkable family of fishes – evolved from an aquatic ’jack of all trades’ to a ‘master of one’ upon the invasion of land, a new study led by UNSW scientists has shown. 

Rocket launch

UNSW satellite launch lifts Australian space industry

16 Jun 2020

The launch of the M2 Pathfinder satellite by UNSW Canberra supports Australia's development of artificial intelligence in space.

Kaarin Anstey

The psychology of ageing

16 Jun 2020

Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey joined the University in 2018 under its Strategic Hires and Retention Pathways (SHARP) scheme, an initiative of the UNSW 2025 Strategy to recruit world-class researchers to the University, and the NeuRA Discovery Fund.

Eosinophils

Little studied immune cell may be key to activating energy-burning ‘beige fat’: study in mice

11 Jun 2020

UNSW scientists have shown in mice that eosinophils, a type of immune cell, could be important in activating a type of fat that burns energy instead of storing it.

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