2021
Articles
03 December 2021
Sustainable shrooms lead to happy feet
A team of undergraduate students from the School of Architecture, Design and Planning have developed a smart insole, made from mushroom spores, containing electronic microprocessors to monitor foot health and encourage sensory awareness.
02 December 2021
Designing universal access to ocean pools
School of Architecture, Design and Planning postgraduate students met a design brief to provide universal access to Australia's ocean pools, helping them to develop graduate qualities for responding to real-world challenges.
02 December 2021
THC in blood and saliva are poor measures of cannabis impairment
The findings contrast with the much stronger relationship between blood alcohol concentrations and driving impairment, with implications for the application of drug-driving laws globally.
02 December 2021
Funding to support children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Professor Elizabeth Elliott has been awarded federal government funding to expand services for children and adolescents affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
02 December 2021
Mathematicians use DeepMind AI to create new methods in problem-solving
Sydney researcher Professor Geordie Williamson is working with colleagues at Oxford using DeepMind's artificial intelligence to develop fundamentally new techniques in mathematics.
02 December 2021
COVID-19 pandemic puts spotlight on science misinformation 'triggers'
Changes to the current way new scientific knowledge is made and shared are urgently needed - now is the time to invest in research to combat misinformation before the next science crisis, say University of Sydney researchers.
01 December 2021
Here's to the ladies that lunch
With the passing of American composer and lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, Sydney Conservatorium of Music's Dr Narelle Yeo reflects on the impact he made in creating powerful female characters.
01 December 2021
Bionic eye study progresses through trials
A bionic eye being developed by a team of biomedical researchers at the University of Sydney and UNSW has shown to be safe and stable for long-term implantation in a three-month study, paving the way towards human trials.
01 December 2021
University spin-out company Gelion lists on London Stock Exchange
Renewable energy storage company founded by Professor Thomas Maschmeyer has started trading on the London AIM market to take battery chemistry developed at the University of Sydney to the world.
01 December 2021
NYU and University of Sydney announce new partnership
Sydney and NYU students will study together, share courses and participate in a student exchange program.