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Quantum ethics project awarded DFAT grant

17 March 2025 -
The Centre for International Security Studies has been awarded a DFAT grant to develop accords for the ethical use of quantum technologies.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/21/quantum-ethics-project-awarded-dfat-grant.html
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Unexpected discovery about stem cell immortality study

26 November 2020 -
Independent groups of scientists investigating telomeres and stem cells have found what may lie behind their immortality - telomeres in pluripotent stem cells are protected very differently than telomeres in adult tissue.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/11/26/unexpected-discovery-about-stem-cell-immortality-study.html
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Sydney student jets off to NASA JPL for prestigious internship

2 May 2023 -
A University of Sydney and SmartSat PhD candidate has been selected for a 10-week NASA internship aimed at launching students into careers in aerospace.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/05/02/sydney-student-jets-off-to-nasa-jpl-for-prestigious-internship.html
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'Velcro' DNA origami helps build nanorobotic Meccano

27 November 2024 -
Using DNA origami techniques developed at the University of Sydney, the nanorobots could be used to deploy targeted cancer drugs, make futuristic materials that respond to their environments and find uses in creating energy-efficient signal
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/11/28/velcro-dna-builds-nanorobotic-mecanno.html
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Sydney researchers backed to test new ideas

10 December 2019 -
Sydney researchers backed to test new ideas. 3 February 2017. A real-time bullsht detector, a unique pathogen discovery centre and a new way to combat untreatable blindness are among the 21 projects funded under a new Sydney funding scheme.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/02/03/sydney-researchers-backed-to-test-new-ideas.html

2018 events

Data and opinion often takes priority over soulful reading and writing in the digital age, but what are the costs of this need for speed and what benefits can we gain ... Science, including health research, has been particularly susceptible to "Truth
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2018.html
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5 feel good benefits of volunteering

17 December 2021 -
To celebrate International Volunteer Day, we spoke to University experts in happiness, psychology and pharmacology to find out some surpirsing benefits of volunteering on mental wealth.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/03/5-feel-good-benefits-of-volunteering.html

The shape of things to come

Sydney Ideas launches 2022 by canvasing bold ideas from across the University to understand what’s on the horizon and the priorities for the year. What’s trending –or what shouldn’t be trending – and how should we set the agenda?
www.sydney.edu.au/engage/events-sponsorships/sydney-ideas/2022/2022-forecast.html