2024
Articles
03 July 2024
Researchers unlock 'materials genome', opening possibilities for next-generation design
A new microscopy method has allowed researchers to detect tiny changes in the atomic-level architecture of crystalline materials like advanced steels for ship hulls and custom silicon for electronics. It could advance our ability to understand the fundamental origins of materials properties and behaviour.
03 July 2024
Researchers develop new transparent 'blood vessel-on-a-chip'
Researchers have developed a 'blood vessel-on-a-chip' for heart disease with the potential to change the future of drug testing and development. The technology could also reduce our reliance on animal testing.
01 July 2024
Australia's 'Easter bunny', the bilby, has had its genome fully sequenced
Under pressure from predatory foxes and cats and competing with feral rabbits, the Greater bilby has lost more than 80 percent of its habitat. Conservation work led by Professor Carolyn Hogg is designed to help save the bilby from extinction.
29 June 2024
The beginnings of fashion: why do we wear clothes?
From stone tools that prepared animal skins for humans to use as thermal insulation, to the advent of bone awls and eyed needles to create fitted and adorned clothing, Dr Ian Gilligan explores when we started to dress to impress.
28 June 2024
Recognition of research excellence in US rankings
University of Sydney performs strongly in the US News Best Global Universities Rankings.
27 June 2024
Beauty platform Bella wins Genesis startup competition
Male-led startups dominate Australia's startup scene, but two young University of Sydney alumni are looking to beat the odds with their first venture.
27 June 2024
Psylo partnership to deliver psychedelic treatments for mental health
University research expertise combined with Psylo's artificial intelligence platform promises life-changing therapeutics.
26 June 2024
Consuelo Cavaniglia: seeing through you
For the first time, an artist has been invited to respond to the spectacular internal architecture of the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum.
26 June 2024
Promising pathway discovered to treat rare childhood brain disease
Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is a rare disease that can trigger dementia in children. Associate Professor Markus Hofer and colleagues in the UK are focusing on treatments in the blood vessels in the brain to combat AGS.
26 June 2024
ARC invests in research partnerships with industry
The Australian Research Council has awarded $5.15 million to industry projects at the University, along with funding for an Industrial Transformation Training Centre to prepare leaders of Australia's future quantum computing industry