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Articles published in 2015
How to help Australians pass on the salt
Writing in the journal Nutrients, Dr Belinda Reeve and Professor Roger Magnusson warn that current efforts to reduce our salt intake are weak and too reliant on voluntary participation by the food industry.
Student turns tampon tax into national conversation
No doubt over the last week you’ve heard something about the tampon tax. The phrase refers to the adding of GST to sanitary pads and tampons. The issue has received a significant amount of media attention after a petition was started by University of Sydney student Subeta Vimalarajah, calling for sanitary products to be exempted.
Harper Lee’s gamble could undermine her Mockingbird
Professor Paul Giles examines the gamble of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman, the author's first novel since the literary classic To Kill a Mockingbird was published.
Choose your adventure at Open Day
Meet humanoid robots, play in a mass orchestra, find out how science could cure diabetes or get lost in the cloisters and gardens of one of the world’s most beautiful campuses at the University of Sydney this Open Day, Saturday 29 August.
Artist's 'burial' challenges views of imprisonment
In a packed gallery, Lucas Davidson was buried almost entirely beneath gravel to highlight the effects of solitary confinement.
Researcher honoured in Top Ten list
A University of Sydney academic working to improve the quality of maternal and infant health care in Australia's remote communities has been recognised among the nation's top researchers.
Lack of knowledge on animal disease leaves humans at risk
Researchers from the University of Sydney have painted the most detailed picture to date of major infectious diseases shared between wildlife and livestock, and found a huge gap in knowledge about diseases which could spread to humans.
Policing parenting
The right to parent isn't unfettered in the eyes
of the law, writes Dr Sascha Callaghan.
Earth's bigger cousin
An international team of astronomers from NASA’s Kepler mission has announced the discovery of a near-Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
University of Sydney launches Brain and Mind Centre
NSW Premier Mike Baird launched the University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre which will address disorders of the brain and mind.
Is cancer screening saving or harming lives?
Medical experts discuss the life-saving power as well as possible emotional harm of screening.
Researchers shine spotlight on teen eating disorders
Health experts from the University of Sydney will take to the Seymour Centre stage in a unique theatrical collaboration this August aimed at dispelling myths around eating disorders and fad dieting in teenagers.
Australia beating UK in baby food battle
Aussie children are getting a better start than their UK cousins, with research in Australia finding that the majority of baby and toddler foods sold in supermarkets is of a high nutritional quality.
Quad, set and match: our hidden tennis past
One of Sydney's most iconic buildings - the University of Sydney Quadrangle - has an unlikely past: as a tennis court.
Managing emotional resources: the key to thriving at work
Does baby snore like dad?
Babies who snore are widely under diagnosed according to Australian researchers investigating less costly and more effective methods of identifying sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) in infants.
Caution not a by-word for inaction on Indigenous affairs
It is time to come together to support a proposal that shifts the focus from courts and lawyers to Indigenous Australians themselves, writes Professor Anne Twomey.
High-frequency trading and dark pools: a toxic effect on market evolution
How ABC TV's Catalyst changed patients' use of statins
More than 60,000 Australians are estimated to have reduced or discontinued their use of prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin medications following the airing of a two-part series critical of statins by ABC TV's science program, Catalyst, a University of Sydney study reveals in the latest Medical Journal of Australia.
Creative Spaces and the Built Environment
Australia’s cities have shifted from centres of manufacturing and industry to the drivers of a globalised economy fueled by knowledge, creativity and innovation