2023
Articles
02 May 2023
Sydney student jets off to NASA JPL for prestigious internship
University of Sydney and SmartSat PhD candidate selected for 10-week NASA internship aimed at launching students into careers in aerospace.
26 April 2023
Nano-architectured materials that respond to light in real time
Biological systems respond to external stimuli such as light, heat, magnetism. Scientists are looking to develop new materials that mimic these abilities for myriad uses in nanoscience, engineering and medicine.
14 April 2023
Fungi makes meal of hard to recycle plastic
Polypropylene, a hard to recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney.
29 March 2023
New tech could enable more efficient fibre-optical telecommunications
The unique development could pave the way for the creation of technologies predicated on micro-manufacturing, such as more efficient fibre-optical telecommunications, data centres, micro-3D cameras and even future quantum computers.
28 March 2023
University of Sydney researcher wins coveted $8 million Snow Fellowship
The Snow Medical Research Foundation (Snow Medical) has awarded Associate Professor Lining (Arnold) Ju and his team from the University of Sydney's School of Biomedical Engineering an $8 million Fellowship.
27 March 2023
Why study chemical engineering at Sydney?
When you study chemical engineering, you'll join a field that uses specialist knowledge and problem-solving to create sustainable solutions to some of the world’s greatest challenges.
23 March 2023
How can we stop scammers slipping fake texts into legitimate SMS threads?
Dr Suranga Seneviratne from the Faculty of Engineering and Professor Carol Hsu from the Business School analyse how the proposed registry will help prevent these scams.
21 March 2023
Why autumn isn't a good time to predict if El Niño is coming
Dr Nandini Ramesh, a Research Associate in the Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Science and Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Data61 reveals why we can't predict El Niño after three consecutive La Niña years.
15 March 2023
New process gives CO2 conversion more "bang for buck"
A new chemical process is giving carbon capture and conversion "more bang for buck" by more efficiently converting captured CO2 into multi-carbon products like ethylene, which are used in a wide range of everyday products from pharmaceuticals to plastics.
03 March 2023
Sydney academics and alumni awarded 2023 Fulbright Scholarships
From fluorescent nanoparticles to novel quantum sensors in medical imaging, academics and alumni of the University of Sydney have been awarded Fulbright Scholarships.