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24 January 2020
World-first database aims to prevent deadly mine dam disasters
On anniversary of Brumadinho disaster in Brazil, investors and pensions with more than $US13 trillion under management back database. Professor Elaine Baker has been a driving force in making this a reality.
24 January 2020
Pain treatment using human stem cells a success
Human stem cells and "pain-killing neurons" have successfully relieved chronic pain in mice. The breakthrough method may be tested on human patients suffering untreatable pain within five years.
24 January 2020
ARC funding for myrtle rust and aerosol measurement technology
Sydney researchers have received $753,000 in Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grants to combat myrtle rust and to develop new technologies to better characterise aerosols.
24 January 2020
250 years after James Cook, how should we view Australia Day?
One of Australia’s leading historians, Professor Mark McKenna reflects on our divergent attitudes to Australia Day.
23 January 2020
Back to school: 6 tips from our experts
What can parents and educators do to support students starting school? With the new school year around the corner, University of Sydney experts in education, child psychology and children's health provide evidence-based tips.
23 January 2020
Fire, storm, flood, blackout: Australia’s electricity sector needs better disaster response
In the wake of unprecedented climate-induced disaster, Australia’s electricity sector urgently needs to learn from Con Edison’s response to Hurricane Sandy on how to plan for and respond to the aftermath.
23 January 2020
Fulbright Scholarship success
This year, the University of Sydney has its largest contingent of Fulbright Scholars since 1972, with eight members of the University community receiving the prestigious scholarship to undertake further study and research in the United States.
23 January 2020
Dissecting Prime Ministers' Australia Day speeches
Australia Day and Anzac Day are meant to be opportunities for Prime Ministers to unite and inspire Australians, yet research suggests that their speeches often don't reflect diversity and can even marginalise certain groups.
22 January 2020
The NDIS and mental illness: what needs to change?
It's hard for people with severe mental illness to get in the NDIS and the problems don't stop there, write Nicola Hancock and Jennifer Smith-Merry from the Centre for Disability Research and Policy.
22 January 2020
I Love Stainless Steel
Back when I was a penniless hippie taxi driver, I spent several days each year fighting rust - getting my car through rego. Rust never sleeps.
22 January 2020
Ancient Aboriginal fire knowledges for cutting edge solutions
When we think of cutting edge technologies we think of the latest and most current solutions to our problems, but sometimes the best answers come from knowledge that is tens of thousands of years old.
22 January 2020
Cutting-edge science: where are we now?
Progress, reproducibility, and courage: great science is about being prepared to be wrong.
22 January 2020
Small solutions for the future’s biggest problems
Detecting and treating cancers, mitigating Climate Change, creating artificial intelligence, sustainably producing chemicals and ensuring water security are some of the many challenges that could be solved by harnessing the power of innovations that come from the smallest of scales.
22 January 2020
Harnessing technology to create presence at work
Ella Hafermalz explores the role of technology in facilitating workplace connection and transforming knowledge work.
21 January 2020
6 steps to successful weight loss for women
Obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller outlines his six key steps to healthy weight loss for women, using his evidence-based Interval Weight Loss approach.
21 January 2020
Researcher honoured for outstanding achievement in History and Philosophy of Science
Professor Evelleen Richards has won the Royal Society of NSW History and Philosophy of Science Medal for significant contributions to answering key questions in the history and historiography of evolutionary theory, as well as to the study of contemporary research policy in science and medicine.
21 January 2020
Cousin took a DNA test? Courts could use it to profile you
Police already use DNA databases to identify suspects, but what if judges used them to inform sentencing decisions? Dr Allan McCay and Christopher Lean investigate.
21 January 2020
How a first edition of Principia with Isaac Newton's notes got to Sydney
The University of Sydney copy of Principia is one of only four in the world known to have handwriting by Sir Isaac Newton.
20 January 2020
Award-winning Job Smart program gets international students career-ready
Three international students share the impact of the Business School's Job Smart employability program on their professional development.
17 January 2020
Bushfires left millions of animals dead. We should use them, not bury them.
Carcasses can play a positive role as landscapes recover from bushfires, providing rich nutrients for other native animal, microbial and plant species.