2016
Articles
Crowdfunding campaign supports students competing in Indigenous Unigames
The University of Sydney's latest crowdfunding campaign will raise funds to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students compete in the National Indigenous Tertiary Education Student Games.
Experts urge reform of work, care and family policies
Our researchers contribute to calls for urgent policy change to reflect demographic and workplace shifts and represent growing numbers of workers who have care responsibilities.
University and Colleges meet with Elizabeth Broderick
The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and all six Heads and Chairs of the Residential Colleges met with Elizabeth Broderick
Saying sorry isn't enough for Indigenous children
All children should be supported to be safe in their families and communities, write Judy Cashmore and Teresa Libesman.
The heart medicine that may have given us Van Gogh’s Starry Night
Professor Andrew McLachlan questions whether Van Gogh suffered from digitalis toxicity.
Optics breakthrough to revamp night vision
A breakthrough by Australian researchers could make infra-red technology easy to use and cheap, potentially saving millions of dollars in defence and other areas using sensing devices.
Never too young to benefit from CPC Westmead’s research
The Charles Perkins Centre at Westmead places researchers who are tackling the most critical health problems facing Western Sydney close to the populations affected.
11 things you always wanted to know about nanoscience
Physicists from the new Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology answered hundreds of questions about nanoscience.
Are walking challenges doing you good?
Walking challenges are not getting inactive people to become active writes Dr Lina Engelen.
Experts call election candidates to support action plan on rising suicide
Mental health experts want federal election candidates to support suicide prevention trials in regional Australia after releasing a report revealing suicide rates exceeded road fatalities in 28 electorates audited between 2009 and 2012.