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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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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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Unlocking the housing crisis

Tuesday January 23, 2024
Because I think we can sometimes, in Australia, and in other places, think that policies are natural, you know, natural events, phenomenon, that kind of are handed down.
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2023/housing-crisis.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

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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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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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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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

Prevention Research Collaboration - Faculty of Medicine and Health

The PRC has distinctive skills in evaluating complex interventions (eg scaled-up programs, natural experiments), population- and system-level prevention and health promotion programs. ... Our research includes evaluating natural experiments, in
www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/our-research/research-centres/prevention-research-collaboration.html