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Professor Elizabeth Elliott has called on the Federal Government for a more humane response to the plight of 267 asylum seekers held in offshore detention centres.

For the first time field-based research has found a link between ocean acidification and coral reef growth. Previous findings have been based on laboratory experiments.

The latest research into genes and tumour mutations may offer new hope in the fight against one of the most tragic and challenging cancers – ovarian cancer. 

As temperatures soar towards 40 degrees, Dr Anne Fawcett from the Faculty of Veterinary Science shares her top five tips for preventing heat-related illness in small animals. 

Can we really understand anything about Islamic State by looking at the centuries-old struggle between Islam and Christianity, asks Professor of Religious Studies Carole Cusack.

Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are affected by a range of problems, including anxiety, depression, aggression, delinquency and diminished learning capacity a new review of evidence reveals.

On a cold Saturday night in Sydney on June 24, 1978, a number of gay men, lesbians and transgender people marched into the pages of Australian social history. Mark Gillespie was one of them.

Dr Ralph Holz, lecturer in Networks and Security at the University of Sydney’s School of Information Technologies and co-appointed researcher at Data61 a premier innovation network, says experts have suspected weaknesses in email cryptographic setups and authentication for some time but there has been no hard evidence to support these suspicions. 

Orientation Week is a great opportunity to get a few important things done before classes start.

Services matter more than assets when it comes to making the most of record levels of infrastructure spending, argues Garry Bowditch.

'Everywhen: the Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia' spans four decades of artwork and runs at the Harvard Art Museums until September.

Institutions like universities are a crucial part of what makes our democratic society a robust one, writes Dr Tamson Pietsch.

Four innovators will lead the first Ideas that Travel event in partnership with TEDxSydney aboard a Qantas flight from Sydney to San Francisco – and two of those are associated with the University of Sydney – including quantum physicist Associate Professor Michael Biercuk.

A University of Sydney academic's research into the second Globe theatre has led to the world's first faithful reconstruction in New Zealand.

University of Sydney staff and students participated in the world’s biggest English lesson held at Bondi Beach last Friday.

Let's hope the recently announced review into Sydney's lockout laws can actually look dispassionately at the evidence and the levels of harm done both to people and our once vibrant nightlife, writes Professor Murray Lee in The Drum.

The way a doctor collaborates with their hospital peers can significantly impact patient outcomes, a University of Sydney researcher has found.

How can we create technology that helps people be healthy and well? How can we make medical data work better? Are we developing new technologies to really fit people’s needs? I own my health data, don’t I?

His raw, black & white images are alluring, fascinating and disturbing. He is one of the most important and exciting photographers of the 21st century. The intriguing work of Roger Ballen is coming to Sydney College of the Arts (SCA) this March in the artist's first major Sydney exhibition.