2021
Articles
20 December 2021
University of Sydney awarded top honours at science education awards
The Faculty of Science has won Gold in this year’s QS Wharton Reimagine Higher Education Awards for Sydney Science 2021, an online initiative that has revitalised first-year science units and engaged more than 4000 students.
20 December 2021
Nutritional qualities of starch depend on the way it is digested
Starch digestion is a complex process that begins in the mouth and ends in the guts, all the while releasing glucose that provides energy for all tissues and organs and nutrients for vital gut bacteria.
13 December 2021
Black Summer bushfire season cost farmers up to $5 billion
Associate Professor Tina Bell and Chuan Huang from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences call on more support for farmers to protect their land and livelihoods.
08 December 2021
Hydrogen expert joins faculty to drive renewable research
The ranks of the Faculty of Science have been bolstered with the arrival of world leading hydrogen storage researcher Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou to the School of Chemistry.
08 December 2021
Nanosensing to solar fuels: Sydney Nano unveils new Grand Challenges
Four new visionary projects span sustainability, biosecurity, solar energy and health, drawing talent from across the University's faculties.
08 December 2021
Prof Tony Weiss elected to the US National Academy of Inventors
Professor Tony Weiss becomes the first academic from the University of Sydney to be elected as a Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors.
07 December 2021
Are we approaching peak meat consumption?
Dr Diana Bogueva and colleagues from Curtin University explain whether meat consumption increases as income increases, revealing the countries that may have already reached 'peak meat'.
06 December 2021
Sydney's "factory of the future" ready to drive statewide innovation
A $25 million facility has today been launched to drive innovation and foster industrial output in the heart of Sydney's Tech Central.
02 December 2021
THC in blood and saliva are poor measures of cannabis impairment
The findings contrast with the much stronger relationship between blood alcohol concentrations and driving impairment, with implications for the application of drug-driving laws globally.
02 December 2021
Mathematicians use DeepMind AI to create new methods in problem-solving
Sydney researcher Professor Geordie Williamson is working with colleagues at Oxford using DeepMind's artificial intelligence to develop fundamentally new techniques in mathematics.