2021
Articles
13 December 2021
Black Summer bushfire season cost farmers up to $5 billion
Associate Professor Tina Bell and Chuan Huang from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences call on more support for farmers to protect their land and livelihoods.
08 December 2021
Nanosensing to solar fuels: Sydney Nano unveils new Grand Challenges
Four new visionary projects span sustainability, biosecurity, solar energy and health, drawing talent from across the University's faculties.
08 December 2021
Prof Tony Weiss elected to the US National Academy of Inventors
Professor Tony Weiss becomes the first academic from the University of Sydney to be elected as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.
07 December 2021
Are we approaching peak meat consumption?
Dr Diana Bogueva and colleagues from Curtin University explain whether meat consumption increases as income increases, revealing the countries that may have already reached 'peak meat'.
06 December 2021
Sydney's "factory of the future" ready to drive statewide innovation
A $25 million facility has today been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in the heart of Sydney's Tech Central.
02 December 2021
THC in blood and saliva are poor measures of cannabis impairment
The findings contrast with the much stronger relationship between blood alcohol concentrations and driving impairment, with implications for the application of drug-driving laws globally.
02 December 2021
Mathematicians use DeepMind AI to create new methods in problem-solving
Sydney researcher Professor Geordie Williamson is working with colleagues at Oxford using DeepMind's artificial intelligence to develop fundamentally new techniques in mathematics.
01 December 2021
University spin-out company Gelion lists on London Stock Exchange
Renewable energy storage company founded by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer has started trading on the London AIM market to take battery chemistry developed at the University of Sydney to the world.
29 November 2021
University of Sydney welcomes the launch of The Quantum Terminal
The University of Sydney today congratulated the NSW Government on the official launch of The Quantum Terminal, which is part of Tech Central, the biggest technology precinct its kind in Australia.
29 November 2021
Ivermectin could help save the endangered Australian sea lion
Australian sea lions - a national government conservation priority species - have new hope for survival, thanks to a successful University of Sydney trial of ivermectin to treat hookworm infection.