In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still some good happening in the world. Here are ten of the University of Sydney's most promising and positive stories that you may have missed.
New research into the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease will be led by the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, thanks to a $(AU)12.5m grant administered by the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s initiative. ASAP’s
Child mummy offers revised history of smallpox. 12 December 2016. A child mummy from the 17th century, found in a crypt underneath a Lithuanian church, was discovered to harbour the oldest known sample of the variola virus that causes smallpox.
New initiatives will be offered to commencing Aboriginal undergraduate students from 2017, including guaranteed accommodation and a peer mentoring program.
Medical imaging is an effective diagnostic tool that could be many times more powerful by using nanodiamonds. Discover why our research happening on the quantum scale requires seeing the laws of physics in a fundamentally new way.
A reason to track your backyard snails. 4 September 2020. Draw attention to the little-known plight of invertebrates. Snails' small presence - physically and in our consciousness - belies their outsized predicament and significance to ecosystems.
Employers should be made to make pay records publicly accessible or, at the least, accessible to all their employees, writes University of Sydney legal expert Alice Orchiston.
University of Sydney experts from the Faculty of Engineering and School of Public health explain 5G technology and respond to claims it causes COVID-19 and other health issues.