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Just don’t douche – what your vaginal biome can tell you about your health and pregnancy
10 Nov 2021
The complex and fascinating community of ‘bugs’ that live in the vagina have just been linked to a groundbreaking new test to identify the risk of preterm birth.
Treatment for alcohol use disorder often not perceived as ‘helpful’: WHO survey analysis
10 Nov 2021
Fewer than half of people with alcohol use disorder who received professional help perceived their treatment as helpful.
$9.97m funding to scale up infectious disease testing in remote Indigenous communities
10 Nov 2021
Researchers and clinicians will work in close partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to develop a national framework for ‘point-of-care’ testing for infectious diseases.
‘You never forget the knock at the door’: why families of child sex abuse material offenders need more help
09 Nov 2021
A new study shows the impacts of child sex abuse material on the families of offenders – who are described as ‘secondary victims’.
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia honours five UNSW academics
09 Nov 2021
New Fellows elected in recognition of their excellence in the social sciences.
Why voter ID requirements could exclude the most vulnerable citizens, especially First Nations people
09 Nov 2021
A proposal for voter ID requirements could further disenfranchise vulnerable people of society who don’t have access to the ID documents, particularly First Nations people.
How investors can hedge against inflation in times of uncertainty
08 Nov 2021
With inflation on the rise, people are looking for safe havens for their money – and markets that were considered riskier in the past are now looking increasingly attractive.
Electric blues: how car investment could change our emissions trajectory
08 Nov 2021
Subsidising electric cars and rolling out more chargers could help Australia achieve half of our new car sales to be electric by 2030.
Vital signs: economists are borrowing wisdom from King Solomon
05 Nov 2021
Good decisions can be systematised. We are tantalisingly close, but there’s work to do yet.
UNSW maintains pole position in engineering and technology in THE subject rankings
05 Nov 2021
The 2022 Times Higher Education rankings also saw psychology and business and economics subjects move up the list.