News

27 November 2024

Joint centre for food security will leverage China-Australia cooperation

Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Scott and Professor Brent Kaiser met with senior administrators and academics at Peking University to unveil the centre, dedicated to sustainable and secure agriculture.

09 September 2024

Partnerships for disease prevention in Vietnam announced

The Sydney Vietnam Institute event highlighted the vital work undertaken by University of Sydney researchers in public health and training 'animal disease detectives' in South-East Asia.

05 September 2024

Eureka Prizes 2024: Sydney celebrates four wins at science awards

The University of Sydney has excelled at the 2024 Eurekas, known affectionately as Australia's 'Science Oscars'.

02 February 2024

Scammed by 'fake news': animals led by the nose to leave plants alone

Loss of plants to herbivore feeding is a big economic and environmental problem. Most methods to deal with this are unethical, expensive or limited. PhD student Patt Finnerty has developed a new method that relies on animal preferences

05 September 2023

International Centre of Crop and Digital Agriculture opened at Narrabri

With support from the NSW Government, Australian Grain Technologies, Grains Research and Development Corporation and the NSW Wheat Research Foundation, the University is well set to tackle the challenges of 21st century agriculture.

24 May 2023

New technique substantially reduces mouse damage to crops even during plagues

A non-toxic method to prevent mice from devouring wheat crops has been shown to drastically reduce seed loss. 

10 May 2023

Four ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships

Dr Nicky Wright and Dr Jianping Zhang, from the Faculty of Science, and Dr Eason (Yi-Sheng) Chen and Dr Rui Tang, from the Faculty of Engineering, have been successful in receiving ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships.

13 February 2023

Industry research to tackle oat rust

The University of Sydney will lead an industry study that aims to reduce the impact of damaging crown rust, a fungal pathogen affecting Australian oat production.

06 February 2023

Single test picks up all strains of deadly fish virus that threatens barramundi

A third variant of the deadly ISKN fish virus can now be identified in a new test developed by scientists at the University of Sydney and University of Florida.