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Maths stars shine in Australian Academy of Science awards[8 December 2014]
The Australian Academy of Science has honoured both early career and life-long achievement with awards to two University of Sydney academics in theSchool of Mathematics and Statistics. More
Industry partnership supports Australian production of next-generation photonics[13 November 2014]
CUDOS at the University of Sydney in collaboration with the Australian National University and Alnair Labs in Tokyo have developed an optical oscillope with 20 times the resolution of conventional instruments. More
Year of honours for talented evolutionary biologist[12 November 2014]
Associate Professor Simon Ho has won NSW Young Tall Poppy of the Year for his work on evolutionary biology. More
Two new Academy fellows elected from Faculty of Science[28 October 2014]
Professor Tony Weiss and Professor Anne Green, from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science have been elected as fellows to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. More
Researchers and councils building community resilience[22 October 2014]
A collaborative project between the State's leading coastal Regional Organisation of Councils, the Sydney Coastal Councils Group, and the Natural Hazards Research Group in the School of Geosciences has been recognised for contributing to making communities safer, stronger, more resilient and better prepared to manage emergencies. More
From beekeeping to robotics our scientists are NSW winners [22 October 2014]
The 2014 NSW Science & Engineering Awards have recognised the achievements and contributions of two University of Sydney academics in a ceremony at NSW Government House on Monday night. More
Maths professor appointed to Commonwealth Science Council[15 October 2014]
Professor Nalini Joshi from the University of Sydney's School of Mathematics and Statistics has been appointed to the Federal Government's newly-created Commonwealth Science Council. More
Recognition for an evolutionary master clockmaker: 2014 Eureka Prize for Early Career Researcher[11 September 2014]
Showing that the strain of fungus responsible for the Irish potato famine still exists is only one of the insights the University of Sydney's Associate Professor Simon Ho has achieved through his ground-breaking work with 'molecular clocks'. More
Ground-breaking research awarded ARC Laureate Fellowships[22 August 2014]
Advances in our understanding of the brain using maths and physics concepts and the creation of a new Australian technology to discover the formation of galaxies will result from two Australian Laureate Fellowships awarded to the University of Sydney. More
How physics revolutionises medicine[19 August 2014]
Professor Zdenca Kuncic will discuss how physics revolutionises medicine at a Sydney Science Forum on Wednesday 20 August. More
A celebration of the scientific achievement that transformed our view of matter[18 August 2014]
What area of science has earned 28 Nobel Prizes, was instrumental in determining the structure of DNA, turns 100 this year and continues to be of fundamental importance to researchers? Congratulations if you answered X-ray crystallography, one of the greatest innovations of the 20th century, established by a father and son working with table salt crystals 100 years ago. More
The University joins Australia's celebration of science[14 August 2014]
A crowd of science enthusiasts joined the University of Sydney's Vice-Chancellor Dr Michael Spence and its sleek geeks Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and Adam Spencer, to launch the start of National Science Week at a packed Sydney Town Hall last night. More