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Australia is closer to 80% vaccination. Is it business’ job to get us there?
16 Sep 2021
As Australia edges closer to vaccination rollout targets needed to open international borders, big businesses have been stepping up. But is it their role to speed up a government plan?
You’re much less likely to get long COVID if you’ve been vaccinated
16 Sep 2021
One study suggests getting vaccinated halves the risk of developing long COVID.
NSW risks a second larger COVID peak by Christmas if it eases restrictions too quickly
15 Sep 2021
An 80% adult vaccination rate corresponds to 64% of the overall population, leaving plenty of people susceptible to the virus if restrictions ease too quickly.
NHMRC funding supports end of life planning
15 Sep 2021
A UNSW Sydney researcher has received a grant to make end of life planning more accessible for older adults.
UNSW tops Australian universities with $61m in NHMRC Investigator Grants
15 Sep 2021
High-performing UNSW researchers have been awarded 33 medical and health research fellowships.
UNSW scientists solve decade-old graphene oxide puzzle
15 Sep 2021
A fundamental discovery in materials science has potential applications for water filtration and energy storage.
Funding success for Centres of Research Excellence
15 Sep 2021
UNSW has been awarded NHMRC funding to establish three new research centres for vascular dementia, the mitigation of airborne threats, and research into the impact of food systems on our health and environment.
UNSW tops nation in NHMRC Partnership grants
15 Sep 2021
UNSW Sydney researchers have secured more than $6 million for five projects that will improve public health services.
New ocean temperature data help scientists make their hot predictions
14 Sep 2021
So many climate models, so little time … A new way of measuring ocean temperatures helps scientists sort the likely from unlikely scenarios of global warming.
Thousands of tiny anchors keep our cells in place (and now we know how)
14 Sep 2021
The discovery gives scientists new directions for future cancer research.