2024

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Tight-knit communities can prevent environmental progress

New research indicates that strong community bonds could hinder rather than help environmental initiatives.

The tentacles of retracted science reach deep into social media. A simple button could change that.

On social media, health myths based on debunked science abound. A new tool could be social media's best defence against misinformation.

University signs MOUs with Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health and Institute of Development Studies

The University of Sydney has today signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Department of Health and Institute of Development Studies.

Solutions for a net zero world the focus of Sydney's newest research flagship

The University of Sydney has elevated a previously grassroots collective of researchers to one of its flagship research centres to accelerate solution-based research and assist the world in meeting its climate change goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

University of Sydney researchers awarded Australian Government grants

The Australian Government has awarded University of Sydney researchers $11m in funding over four years to improve health in the Asia-Pacific region.

Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

A new plasma technique developed by researchers at the University of Sydney could help create a circular economy for waste-generated methane emissions.

University of Sydney awarded $18.4 million for national quantum centre

A national centre of innovation and collaboration led by the University of Sydney aims to unlock quantum's potential.

A WW2 Spitfire was lost in the Norwegian wilderness for 76 years. Now a Sydney team is helping to rebuild it.

The University of Sydney is part of an international project that is "reverse-engineering" engine parts for a rare Spitfire that was last flown by a Great Escape pilot and recovered from a peat bog in 2018.

Medical drone project receives $3.6 million to close health gap in rural and remote Australia

A hydrogen-fuelled, emissions free medical drone is being developed by the University of Sydney in partnership with ASAC Consultancy.

AI can write you a poem and edit your video. Now, it can help you be funnier

University of Sydney researchers have developed an AI application using cartoons from The New Yorker to help people be funnier.