Vital Signs: A global carbon price could soon be a reality – Australia should prepare
13 Nov 2020
Australia faces a carbon tax being imposed on it by its trading partners. It’s time to get ahead of the curve.
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Winds of change: what a Biden presidency could bring
Winds of change: what a Biden presidency could bring
13 Nov 2020
A Biden presidency grappling with domestic discord could leave Australia out in the Indo-Pacific cold, says UNSW’s William Clapton.
Alex Blackwell Award celebrates advocacy and inclusion
Alex Blackwell Award celebrates advocacy and inclusion
13 Nov 2020
The new award, to be presented at the UNSW Blues and Sports Awards Dinner, is named after one of the most significant trailblazers for women’s sport.
Healthcare workers almost three times more likely to get COVID-19
Healthcare workers almost three times more likely to get COVID-19
12 Nov 2020
A new study estimates how Australian health workers’ risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection differs from that of the broader community.
Light, liposomes, action: researchers show safer, more targeted way to deliver CRISPR gene therapy
Light, liposomes, action: researchers show safer, more targeted way to deliver CRISPR gene therapy
12 Nov 2020
Biomedical researchers have come up with a novel way to use a beam of light to deliver CRISPR gene therapy molecules targeting illnesses.
Starve or serve? Real solutions to the harsh reality of child labour
Starve or serve? Real solutions to the harsh reality of child labour
12 Nov 2020
Mitigating economic risks in local communities is critical to addressing the financial uncertainty and extreme poverty which push children into child labour around the world, says UNSW Business School.
New aluminium recycling can drive manufacturing prosperity
New aluminium recycling can drive manufacturing prosperity
12 Nov 2020
A recycling breakthrough at UNSW Sydney offers new possibilities for the re-purposing of polymer-laminated aluminium products, such as food and coffee packaging.
How COVID-19 could accelerate the rise of smart cities
How COVID-19 could accelerate the rise of smart cities
11 Nov 2020
The dramatic changes to the workforce brought about by organisational responses to COVID-19 are only likely to accelerate the shift to smart cities, say experts at UNSW Sydney.
UNSW academics elected to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
UNSW academics elected to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
11 Nov 2020
Five UNSW Sydney professors are recognised for their outstanding contribution to the social sciences.
Low levels of infection in Sydney during the first COVID-19 wave: antibody study
Low levels of infection in Sydney during the first COVID-19 wave: antibody study
11 Nov 2020
Only a small proportion of Sydney’s population were infected by SARS-CoV-2 earlier this year, a new report co-led by UNSW’s Kirby Institute says.