October
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23 October 2019
School of Physics announces Grand Challenges project winners
The successful submissions include a big data project to combat modern slavery in supply chains and an ambitious project to send probes to a star system four light years away.
14 October 2019
Operation Earth: A Conservation Mission
Over three massive days, students and staff from the University’s Faculty of Science ran Operation Earth: A Conservation Mission, with hands-on science activities for school students and families at Taronga Zoo.
14 October 2019
5 questions for Holly Kershaw
Meet Holly Kershaw, who runs chemistry and geoscience activities for school students and the public, as part of the Faculty of Science’s outreach activities.
14 October 2019
Elders for climate justice
We are undeniably in the middle of a serious climate crisis. We may even be at the end and (almost) everyone is searching for an answer.
14 October 2019
End of the internal combustion engine?
I’ve been a motorhead ever since I was legally allowed to drive. Often I would drive for hours on the winding country roads behind Wollongong, instead of going to my university lectures. I have test driven 4WDs through 15 of the 17 deserts of Australia. I *love* driving.
14 October 2019
Climate change future
I’m sure I’m not alone in celebrating a little milestone in our family since the last edition of Science Alliance. My elder daughter, 14 year old Ellie, joined the hundreds of thousands of school children around the world in attending the climate strike.
14 October 2019
How much waste does it take to save the world?
The unglamorous truth: one of the first things you learn in a chemistry degree is how to deal with the waste.
01 October 2019
Five minutes with Professor Harbans Bariana
Professor Harbans Bariana from the University's Plant Breeding Institute in Cobbity, on our Camden campus, has dedicated his life to protecting wheat crops against rust diseases. He was recently honoured as a finalist in the India Australia Business and Community Awards.