September
Articles
10 September 2020
How the Milky Way stole an enormous gas halo from our dwarf neighbours
A stream of gas from the Magellanic Clouds the mass of more than a billion Suns fills our skies in UV and x-ray light. But why does it remain so massive and not evaporate into its enormous neighbour, the Milky Way? Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn was part of the team that found out.
10 September 2020
Two overlooked ways to boost the economy
Enhanced investment in care industries like education and health will simultaneously help women and the economy, Associate Professor Elizabeth Hill finds.
09 September 2020
University and Health Infrastructure unveil emergency ventilator
The University of Sydney has joined with Health Infrastructure and Vestech Medical to celebrate the success of the NSW government's Ventilator Innovation Project and unveil the completed "CoVida", an emergency ventilator.
09 September 2020
Most Victorians working from home since lockdown: new data
Almost 60 percent of the days worked by Victorians were done from home in the first week of September, according to preliminary survey findings by the Institute of Transport & Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney.
08 September 2020
Gen Z not ready to eat lab-grown meat, survey reveals
New research by the University of Sydney and Curtin University has found that, despite having a great concern for the environment and animal welfare, Generation Z is not ready to eat lab-grown meat.
08 September 2020
Medical cannabis study for spinal injury pain wins NSW Health funding
Treatments for chronic pain caused by spinal injury can cause side effects almost as difficult as the pain it is treating. Experts at the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics and Brain and Mind Centre will see if cannabidiol is an effective alternative.
07 September 2020
Our 3 Minute Thesis and Visualise Your Thesis winners
Using synthetically made spider venom to potentially create a life-changing drug to finding out how far stingless bees travel during their search for queens are among the winning presentations of the 3 Minute Thesis and Visualise Your Thesis competitions.
04 September 2020
Online celebration for graduating class of 2020
On Thursday, more than 5300 people around the world tuned in to celebrate the University of Sydney's graduating class of 2020.
04 September 2020
A reason to track your backyard snails
Snails' small presence - physically and in our consciousness - belies their outsized predicament and significance to ecosystems. Associate Professor Thom van Dooren and his colleagues want to highlight this through an inclusive, interactive citizen science project.
03 September 2020
Great Barrier Reef 'glue' at risk from ocean acidification
Data from fossil reef cores going back 30,000 years show a definitive link between ocean pH levels and thickness of microbialite structures that help stabilise tropical reefs.