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Olympians, wizards, AI workshops and famous faces: The Alumni Festival returns to Sydney

Join famous faces, former peers, and the wider Sydney community for the Alumni Festival on Saturday 30 November.

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How to use AI to learn (without cheating): students develop new guide

Students at the University of Sydney have created a guide to help their peers use AI responsibly and productively for smarter learning.

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Largest prime number ever found is an astonishing 41-million-digits long

Euclid proved there are an infinite number of primes millennia ago. Professor John Voight looks at the most recent discovery of a Mersenne prime number, the largest yet found, and ponders the beauty of the infinite, with practical uses in cryptography.

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New study suggests weight loss drugs like Ozempic could help with knee pain

Originally developed to help people with type 2 diabetes manage blood sugar, the drug semaglutide, commonly known by the brand names Ozempic or Wegovy, has shown promise for other health issues as well. University of Sydney researchers explain how.

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18 November 2024

Celebrating our queer community in STEMM

Meet four University of Sydney students and staff who are making an impact and inspiring the next generation of LGBTQIA+ individuals to pursue careers in STEMM.

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12 November 2024

8 Sydney academics receive ARC Linkage grants

Eight University of Sydney researchers have received funding under two of the Australian Research Council's (ARC) prestigious Linkage programs: the Linkage Project scheme and the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme.

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11 November 2024

Compact error correction: towards a more efficient quantum 'hard drive'

Two quantum information theorists at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have solved a decades-old problem that will require fewer qubits to suppress more errors in quantum hardware.