Problem solvers make technology accessible for everybody
05 Feb 2020
UNSW students and people with disabilities are working together on creative ways to make technology usable for more people.
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Using quit smoking medication during pregnancy not linked to higher risk of complications
Using quit smoking medication during pregnancy not linked to higher risk of complications
05 Feb 2020
Studies analysing the safety of using quit smoking medication during pregnancy have been few and far between – now, new UNSW big data research sheds light on the matter.
A $2.1m grant to keep transplant hearts ‘living’ longer
A $2.1m grant to keep transplant hearts ‘living’ longer
04 Feb 2020
Since his undergraduate days at UNSW, Industrial Design Associate Lecturer Gonzalo Portas has focused on medical device design.
'Science saved my life': one doctor's incredible journey from cancer researcher to cancer survivor
‘Science saved my life’: one doctor’s incredible journey from cancer researcher to cancer survivor
04 Feb 2020
Cancer researcher Orazio Vittorio was completing his PhD when a tumour started to grow in his kidney. After an accidental diagnosis at university, an emergency surgery by his supervisor saved his life.
World Cancer Day: UNSW experts available for interview
World Cancer Day: UNSW experts available for interview
04 Feb 2020
This World Cancer Day, a range of UNSW Medicine cancer researchers, clinicians and scientists are available for media interviews. Their expertise spans all aspects of cancer, from prevention and detection to treatment and survivorship.
Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
Coronavirus: how worried should I be about the shortage of face masks? Or can I just use a scarf?
31 Jan 2020
The use of face masks is becoming more common, but do they really protect against coronavirus?
Exploring the currency of cultural leadership
Exploring the currency of cultural leadership
30 Jan 2020
What does it mean to be a young cultural leader in Australia today?
New light shed on neuronal circuits involved in behaviour, learning and dysfunction
New light shed on neuronal circuits involved in behaviour, learning and dysfunction
31 Jan 2020
Two types of neuronal circuit in the brain that acquire and update voluntary actions are much more intertwined than previously thought.
Riding on the kangaroo's back: animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade
Riding on the kangaroo’s back: animal skin fashion, exports and ethical trade
31 Jan 2020
Pressure is mounting on fashion producers to stop using skins from Australian native animals. But Indigenous people are reviving traditions and there are ethical ways for trade to continue.
What's Nexit for Brexit?
What’s Nexit for Brexit?
31 Jan 2020
Economist Tim Harcourt interviewed Australian exporters and diplomats to obtain their views on trade and the economy following Brexit.