2015
Articles
Poche Oral Health Initiative wins higher education award
The Poche Centre for Indigenous Health's mobile oral health service won the Community Engagement category of the inaugural Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards.
Academic honoured for promotion of women
Professor Lisa Bero from the Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Pharmacy has won Cochrane's prestigious Anne Anderson Award.
World-first study finds oxytocin benefits children with autism
A five week treatment with the synthetic hormone oxytocin significantly improved social, emotional and behavioural issues among young children with autism, according to University of Sydney research published today.
Red meat's a tasty treat but too much can give you cancer
Too much red meat significantly increases your risk of cancer, but you shouldn't cut it from your diet completely, argues Dr Nial Wheate.
Free flow of ideas - students and industry meet
How soil affects the safety of our cities and the similarities between machine-to-machine communication and children's netball are among the ideas to be presented to industry at today's Research Conversazione at the Seymour Centre.
Sydney scientists at the heart of cardiovascular research
Three University of Sydney academics have been awarded Research Development Project Grants to further their innovative research and collaborations in cardiovascular health.
Managing your own data
Our personal data is everywhere and should be controlled and managed by us, not others, a University of Sydney expert will argue at this week’s ACM Multimedia Conference in Brisbane
Ochre, Spinifex & Foil unlocks new science and industry potential
In a stunning new exhibition at the University of Sydney’s Tin Sheds Gallery, Ochre, Spinifex & Foil (OSF) investigates three materials embedded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture, and unlocks their science and creative potential in art, architecture and manufacturing.
Explainer: what is genderqueer?
Genderqueer, transgender and genderfluid: what are the differences and how can we challenge the instinct to automatically label? Jessica Kean and Benjamin Bolton from the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies write in The Conversation
Brave new world of cancer treatment revealed
Dreams about cancer cures have historically been just that, but decades of painstaking research and dramatic advances in genetics are driving a revolution in cancer care.