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Dire wolf 'de-extinction' promotes false hope

Technology can't undo extinction, argue Professor Peter Banks and Professor Dieter Hochuli.

Immigration detention: no safe form for children

Onshore and non-custodial detention also harmful, research shows.

HopeStreet's vet clinic is bringing care, compassion and healing to pets and their owners

How a free monthly pop-up pet clinic is changing lives

Lip size: gender preference found between thin or plump

Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia'.

NSW Organoid Innovation Centre launches at Sydney

'Organs in a dish' technology to accelerate personalised medicine and drug discovery.

Sydney spinout DeteQt secures backing for quantum sensing tech

Quantum startup targets $US19bn* market in navigation, mining and health sensors.

Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location due to unusual radio signals

Researchers now know it isn’t just neutron stars that emit such pulses.

Palawan State of the Marine Environment Report: hidden challenges in paradise

A University of Sydney team led the report, which addresses threats to Palawan marine life and community.

Professor Robert Park recognised as national 'problem solver' by Universities Australia

Cereal fungus research saves farmers billions of dollars a year worldwide.

University of Sydney researchers awarded over $45 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants

Twenty-four high-performing researchers have been granted a total of $45.6 million in 2025 NHMRC Investigator Grants fun...

While you sleep, these insects are on the night shift to keep our environment healthy

Our six legged friends play essential roles in ecosystems, providing services such as pollination, waste decomposition a...

Discrimination can arise from individual, random differences

New findings have implications for how we understand and address discrimination

Cannabis reform: reaping more than you can sow

Snapshot of homegrowers shows ACT cannabis law reform is positive despite grey areas.

Landmark genetic study: fresh shoots of hope on the tree of life

Conservationists find positive glimmers amid general decline in genetic diversity.

Trump clusters: using AI to make sense of bitesized social text

Analysing social trends, disaster responses or customer insights just got easier.

Coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef now at 'catastrophic' levels

Study reveals impact on the southern reef in 2024.

Blinking radio pulses from space hint at cosmic object that 'shouldn't exist'

Astronomers at the University of Sydney have found the slowest rotating pulsar yet found, a 'cosmic lighthouse' that spi...

Transforming wheat breeding with doubled haploid technology

Advances in crop breeding have revolutionised food production, helping meet the challenges of feeding a growing global p...