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Virtual buttons are handy and efficient, unless you’re vision impaired, because you can’t actually feel them. A super-thin, hyper-flexible wearable technology could help solve this problem.

Ground-breaking research transforming our future

From transforming cancer detection to solving our plastic waste problems, we're working with industry, government and community partners, to address some of the most pressing problems facing our planet.

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Innovation Week

Held in August, Innovation Week 2019 celebrates the ground breaking discoveries and transformative inventions from our academics and students.

Online options for youth mental health

The statistic is distressing but it suggests an effective place to start treatment: 75 percent of mental health problems begin before age 25, and 50 percent before age 15. Now a common point of contact has suggested a radical approach to service delivery.

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Is FaceApp hoarding our data?

In recent weeks there have been privacy concerns and questions around how FaceApp processes facial images, and whether the app is amassing a database of user-submitted images for political purposes, under the guise of a light-hearted game.

IPCC report on climate change and land: experts react

Experts from across the University of Sydney have warned that significant changes to the way we produce and consume food are needed if we want to save the planet from catastrophic climate change.

Aerial photo of land use near an Indonesian river and village. Source: Tom Fisk/Pexels

Three reasons to stick with maths

Studying maths is likely to make you smarter and more employable, according to University of Sydney experts.

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Events

19 August 2019

Innovation Week

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

26 August 2019

Living longer: Why, and how?

6.30PM - 8.00PM

6.30PM - 8.00PM

09 September 2019

Room for improvement: cities, housing and health

09 September 2019

6.30PM - 8.00PM

09 September 2019

6.30PM - 8.00PM

19 August 2019

Innovation Week

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

19 August 2019

Innovation Week

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

19 August 2019 - 23 August 2019

26 August 2019

Living longer: Why, and how?

6.30PM - 8.00PM

6.30PM - 8.00PM

09 September 2019

Room for improvement: cities, housing and health

09 September 2019

6.30PM - 8.00PM

09 September 2019

6.30PM - 8.00PM

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