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New Economic Measurement: A Value-Based Approach

28 July 2022 -
Since the 1930s, economic growth and societal wellbeing have been largely measured through a single metric, gross domestic product or GDP. ... Economics is not a natural phenomenon. Economics is about people. What we measure and the policies we enact
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2022/08/01/new-economic-measurement--a-value-based-approach.html
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University innovation on show at Sydney Design Festival 2018

5 November 2019 -
Think. Make. Break. Repeat. is the first publication to bring together methods, tools and case studies that involve multiple design disciplines and perspectives – from product and service design to interaction and ... The area was badly affected by the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/26/university-innovation-on-show-at-sydney-design-festival-2018.html
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Next-generation solar cells pass strict international tests

7 July 2021 -
However, the energy conversion rate of silicon in solar panels is close to reaching its natural limits. ... Low-cost solution. For the first time, the research team used gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to identify the signature volatile
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/22/perovskite-solar-cells-pass-strict-international-tests.html
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New medical imaging facility to revolutionise research and patient care

13 December 2023 -
Oxytocin is one of the most important natural chemicals in the brain that guides social behaviour. ... products to improve health outcomes for Australia,” Professor Harding said.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/12/12/new-medical-imaging-facility-to-revolutionise-research-and-patie.html
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Harvesting knowledge

17 December 2019 -
Dr Peter Ampt, lecturer in natural resource management. Indigenous people have been sustainably cultivating nutritious foods from native species for thousands of years. ... Concurrently, market research and product development will be considered to
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/06/30/harvesting-knowledge.html
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Earth’s vital signs worsen amid business-as-usual climate policy

13 August 2021 -
Global gross domestic product dropped by 3.6 percent in 2020 but is projected to rebound to an all-time high,” Professor Ripple said. ... But by halting the unsustainable exploitation of natural habitats, we can reduce zoonotic disease transmission
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/28/earth-vital-signs-worsen-amid-business-as-usual-climate-policy.html
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New partner joins forces in development of in vitro blood vessel

16 September 2019 -
To reduce the failure rate of their traditional plastic counterparts, Dr Wise and his team employ a range of synthetic and natural materials with the aim of developing new synthetic graft ... Digital and advanced manufacturing technologies are creating
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/news-and-events/2019/08/28/new-partner-joins-forces-in-development-of-in-vitro-blood-vessel.html
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Five wins at the NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science & Engineering

5 December 2019 -
Using creative approaches that focus on the symptoms directly, he redefined freezing as a product of cognitive overload and not just a motor deficit. ... In clinical testing, this product repairs skin faster and better than any existing treatment,
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/10/30/five-wins-at-the-nsw-premiers-prizes-for-science-engineering.html
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Australia’s energy (in)security and the proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight

20 March 2024 -
The promise of fuel security through extracting natural resources within environmentally sensitive areas is not a new phenomenon in Australia. ... these products, and ultimately, the proposed solution is to curb the security crisis by extracting all the
www.sydney.edu.au/sydney-environment-institute/news/2019/05/20/australia-s-energy--in-security-and-the-proposed-drilling-in-the.html
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Chau Chak Wing Museum announces opening exhibitions

3 November 2020 -
Cacatua leadbeateri (Vigors, 1831); Widyagala [Wiradjuri language], Leadbeater's cockatoo will feature in Natural Selections . ... Natural Selections: animal worlds. Trade, wonder and order drove human interest in collecting animal specimens in the
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/14/chau-chak-wing-museum-announces-opening-exhibitions.html