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Sustainable Development Goals

Our researchers have developed a biological growing process that uses mushrooms to turn organic waste into compostable products as a low-cost, sustainable solution to plastics. ... Our museums have the oldest natural history collection in Australia,
www.sydney.edu.au/about-us/vision-and-values/sustainable-development-goals.html
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Sydney experts explain the Russia-Ukraine war

9 March 2022 -
What many people don’t realise is that oil is used to make the everyday products we take for granted. ... NATO is back to its original settings focusing on defence and deterrence, while the EU is realising that geopolitical strength is not just a
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/02/25/sydney-experts-explain-the-russia-ukraine-war.html

Greenhouse gas removal - Net Zero Institute

2. reduction to high value-added products through standard intermediates such as ethanol and ethylene, and (ii) production of green methane and methanol. ... Sediment weathering is a natural process that sequesters carbon out of the atmosphere.
www.sydney.edu.au/net-zero-institute/our-research/greenhouse-gas-removal.html
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New partner joins forces in development of in vitro blood vessel

6 October 2020 -
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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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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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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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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Running out of water

Monday April 03, 2023
By 2030 supply of natural resources will not meet demand. What can we do? ... South Wales government partners, Department of Planning and Industry, the Natural Resources Commission, the data analytics centre of New South Wales.
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2020/water-resource-and-climate.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
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Big solutions on the nanoscale

Tuesday November 30, 2021
Recently a venture capitalist has offered to help us spin a start-up company which will grow this scientific idea into a real product.
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2021/sydney-nano-grand-challenges.html