April

The hit television series Games of Thrones never even approaches the slippery and surprising world of gender manipulation and redefinition that existed in medieval spirituality, writes Dr Juanita Ruys.

The Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory at the University of Sydney, headed by Professor David Reilly, is among a small collection of labs worldwide that are collaborating with Microsoft on quantum computing by doing revolutionary engineering and physics.

A world-first research centre exclusively focused on tackling the childhood obesity epidemic will launch this week at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre (CPC).

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music will be a beacon of stunning light and live music as part of the opening weekend of Vivid Sydney for the first time. 

The first facility built for nanoscience in Australia was launched at the University of Sydney in April. The Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology is the most advanced facility for nanoscience in the region. 

When Romilly Madew wrote a paper about green buildings making good business sense, it changed the whole industry. Today, as the CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia, she continues to drive innovation.

Finding a treatment for dementia is an international priority. Protein plaque in the brain is the main focus, but Professor Jonathan Stone believes plaque is just a side effect of other events caused by the beating of the heart.

The Royal Botanic Garden just celebrated its 200th anniversary. Behind the scenes, Brett Summerell is part of a team preserving natural history and addressing some of the world's environmental and food security challenges.

A heritage architect and a radio astronomer each talk about a key book that gave them a new insight or opened them up to a new way of thinking.