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Major gift funds cutting-edge scientific research
A generous gift of $5 million from one of Australia's leading businessmen will enable the University of Sydney to make major advances in the exciting new field of nanoscience. More
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Special seminar by award winners in science and mathematics education [18 May 2012]
Hear from six 2011 award winners in science and mathematics education, when the Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education (IISME) runs a special seminar on Tuesday 22 May 2012. More
Sydney Science Forum: Dr Karl's Brain Food[15 May 2012]
Discover why 90% of the cells in your body aren't your own, learn what the speed of death is and find out how the Apple logo got its bite, when Dr Karl Kruszelnicki presents his Sydney Science Forum - Dr Karl's Brain Food on Wednesday 16 May 2012. More
The quantum future is crystal clear: Tiny crystal revolutionises computing[26 April 2012]
Computing technology has taken a huge leap forward thanks to a tiny crystal of trapped ions used in experiments by Dr Michael Biercuk, from the University of Sydney's School of Physics and ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems, with US and South African colleagues. More
Ray of light: Breakthrough in solar cell efficiency[19 April 2012]
Low cost solar cells suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency following an early stage breakthrough by a University of Sydney researcher and his German partners. More
Uncovering a secret weight-loss trick from the galaxy's biggest stars[12 April 2012]
Putting all dieters to shame, the red giant stars of our galaxy lose many times the entire mass of the Earth, every year. More
New ultra small laser opens up a world of possibilities[4 April 2012]
An international team of scientists, including Dr David Moss, from the University of Sydney's School of Physics, has created a new form of ultra small laser that will revolutionise many fields. More
Sydney Science Forum: The Chocolate Crisis[3 April 2012]
Dark, delicious and decadent, the rich flavour of chocolate has inspired passions, addictions and even literature for more than three thousand years. However, a chocolate supply crisis may be looming. Hear how Professor David Guest, from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, is helping counter a chocolate catastrophe when he gives his Sydney Science Forum talk - The Chocolate Crisis - on 18 April. More
Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[27 March 2012]
Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn, from the School of Physics, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, announced on 26 March 2012. More
Dr Sheehan Olver wins the Adams Prize in Mathematics[26 March 2012]
Dr Sheehan Olver, from the School of Mathematics and Statistics, has won the 2012 Adams Prize in mathematics - one of the oldest and most prestigious prizes awarded by the University of Cambridge. More
Grace Shephard selected for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting[16 March 2012]
Grace Shephard, a PhD student in the School of Geosciences, has been selected from a very competitive field of international applicants to attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Germany to be held 1-6 July 2012. More
Sydney Science Forum: A new way of looking at the sky[9 March 2012]
Hear how Australian astronomers are leading the way with a revolutionary new approach to looking at the sky, when Professor Bryan Gaensler, Director of CAASTRO - the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-Sky Astrophysics - presents his Sydney Science Forum 'A new way of looking at the sky' on Wednesday 14 March. More
Making a killer entrance: the devastating effects of space travel[8 March 2012]
Turns out rapid long distance space travel could create the ultimate killer entrance… not in a stylish way, but by devastating your destination and annihilating anything around the arriving spacecraft, according to calculations by Professor Geraint Lewis and two of his Honours students in the University of Sydney's School of Physics. More