2019

15 October 2019

Estuarine waters hold promise in global pain-relief hunt

In a world first, a team of Australian-led researchers has discovered a uniquely shaped fungus in pristine waters, which may mimic opioids with fewer side-effects. It had been hoped that such a molecular structure might exist.

14 October 2019

Operation Earth: A Conservation Mission

Over three massive days, students and staff from the University’s Faculty of Science ran Operation Earth: A Conservation Mission, with hands-on science activities for school students and families at Taronga Zoo.

14 October 2019

5 questions for Holly Kershaw

Meet Holly Kershaw, who runs chemistry and geoscience activities for school students and the public, as part of the Faculty of Science’s outreach activities.

14 October 2019

Elders for climate justice

We are undeniably in the middle of a serious climate crisis. We may even be at the end and (almost) everyone is searching for an answer.

14 October 2019

PhD Candidate helps to shape the future of transport

A Business School doctoral candidate, Yale Wong, has been chosen to represent Australia as a Youth Ambassador to an international conference in Singapore, which is expected to help shape the future of global transport systems.

14 October 2019

End of the internal combustion engine?

I’ve been a motorhead ever since I was legally allowed to drive. Often I would drive for hours on the winding country roads behind Wollongong, instead of going to my university lectures. I have test driven 4WDs through 15 of the 17 deserts of Australia. I *love* driving.

14 October 2019

Sydney Law School offers over $500,000 in scholarships

We are proud to offer our students more than half a million dollars worth of scholarships for law study and opportunities.

14 October 2019

Climate change future

I’m sure I’m not alone in celebrating a little milestone in our family since the last edition of Science Alliance. My elder daughter, 14 year old Ellie, joined the hundreds of thousands of school children around the world in attending the climate strike.

14 October 2019

Organs 'too risky' to donate may be safer than we think

Detailed infectious virus testing shows potential for increasing organ donation in Australia, by including people previously ineligible due to increased risk of blood-borne viruses, writes Dr Karen Waller and Prof Angela Webster.

14 October 2019

Exposing suspected research fraud with new software

Professor Jennifer Byrne was chosen to deliver the 10th annual Diana Temple AM Memorial Lecture at the University of Sydney

14 October 2019

How much waste does it take to save the world?

The unglamorous truth: one of the first things you learn in a chemistry degree is how to deal with the waste.

14 October 2019

Motor neurone disease fundraising: one family's fight for life

Motor neurone disease has affected the Churm family for generations, and there is no knowing when the deadly condition will strike next. Now the Churms are fighting back.

11 October 2019

Industry Placement Program sets Business students on career path

The Business School's Industry Placement Program gives students the opportunity to work for leading organisations in Australia and abroad. Four students share the impact the program had on their careers.

11 October 2019

2020 Sydney Summer School in Pathogen Genomics and Global Health

This Summer School aims at young graduates, researchers, clinicians and public health professionals that are interested in translational research the field of public health pathogen genomics and communicable disease control.

11 October 2019

2020 Sydney Summer School in Pathogen Genomics and Global Health

This Summer School aims at young graduates, researchers, clinicians and public health professionals that are interested in translational research the field of public health pathogen genomics and communicable disease control.

11 October 2019

How to stay safe online

School of Computer Science academic, Dr Suranga Seneviratne shares his advice on how to stay safe online to avoid malware and hackers corrupting your devices.

10 October 2019

Business School offers groundbreaking Philippines Study Tour

The University of Sydney Business School is offering first year undergraduate students a cultural and responsible business immersion experience in the Philippines, one of Southeast Asia's fastest emerging economies.

10 October 2019

Tech entrepreneurs connecting through the Sydney Knowledge Hub

The head of the Sydney Knowledge Hub, Rupal Ismin, is ready to create deep connections between STEM entrepreneurs and the University of Sydney.

10 October 2019

Historic Melbourne-Sydney rivalry continues on the Yarra River

Both highly trained athletes and novice rowers will take to the Yarra River on Saturday 12 October in the annual rowing race between the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney.

10 October 2019

New approaches to the treatment of severe malaria

University of Sydney medical science researchers are investigating novel treatment methods to increase survival rates of severe malaria, combining specific immune-modifying therapies and anti-malarial drugs.