A Soft Matter scientist’s squishy quest to understand how life began
17 Aug 2021
National Science Week: Meet UNSW’s Dr Anna Wang who is trying to build a cell from scratch.
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Many more meat-free Mondays needed to sustain world population of 9bn
Many more meat-free Mondays needed to sustain world population of 9bn
17 Aug 2021
UNSW Professor Johannes le Coutre has warned that current food production and consumption cannot continue if we want to reduce world hunger – and help save the planet.
UNSW partners with UK government to transform ocean accounting
UNSW partners with UK government to transform ocean accounting
16 Aug 2021
Initial funding for the Global Ocean Accounts Partnership will enable more countries to measure and manage their ocean wealth to deliver a more sustainable future.
Not just white lab coats: UNSW scientists reflect on being a scientist
Not just white lab coats: UNSW scientists reflect on being a scientist
16 Aug 2021
UNSW is aiming to debunk problematic stereotypes during National Science Week.
UNSW's strategic investment in research sees it advance over 60 places in global rankings in 4 years
UNSW’s strategic investment in research sees it advance over 60 places in global rankings in 4 years
15 Aug 2021
UNSW Sydney moves up 9 places to 65th globally in ShanghaiRanking’s rating of world universities and is now ranked 3rd in Australia.
'Missing jigsaw piece': engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
‘Missing jigsaw piece’: engineers make critical advance in quantum computer design
14 Aug 2021
A decades-old problem about how to reliably control millions of qubits in a silicon quantum computer chip has now been solved.
Lethal autonomous weapons and World War III: it's not too late to stop the rise of 'killer robots'
Lethal autonomous weapons and World War III: it’s not too late to stop the rise of ‘killer robots’
13 Aug 2021
Like atomic bombs and chemical and biological weapons, deadly drones that make their own decisions must be tightly controlled by an international treaty.
The art of curation
The art of curation
12 Aug 2021
There is more to curating an exhibition than meets the eye.
The RBA is not a law unto itself – an external review would be good for it
The RBA is not a law unto itself – an external review would be good for it
13 Aug 2021
The independence of Australia’s central bank doesn’t make it infallible. It should welcome peer review.
Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia's offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns nine
Cruel, costly and ineffective: Australia’s offshore processing asylum seeker policy turns nine
13 Aug 2021
That no Australian government in almost a decade has successfully brought this policy to a formal close is astonishing. In fact, Australia ceased transferring new arrivals offshore in 2014.