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27 June 2023
Is Australia ready for future mind-reading technologies?
Recent advancements using artificial intelligence to extract meaningful thoughts from brain waves have concerned human rights and privacy advocates, who say technology is developing at a rate faster than the law. It is the first paper that considers whether Australia is prepared for the potential applications of neurotechnologies.
27 June 2023
Drug discovery gets $9.75m boost for MedChem Australia
The University of Sydney will be one of three national nodes of MedChem Australia, established in partnership with Monash and WEHI Medical Research.
26 June 2023
Industry leaders launch Asia-Pacific LGBTQIA+ executive fellowship
The University of Sydney Business School and The Pinnacle Foundation have launched a five-day intensive LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship targeting mid to senior LGBTQIA+ leaders and allies from all industries and sectors across Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
26 June 2023
Conflict of interest policies at Australian Medical Schools too weak, finds review
Current conflict of interest policies at Australian universities are not strong enough to protect medical students from commercial influence, a study has revealed.
26 June 2023
Guidelines to help clinicians on safer opioid deprescribing
Avoiding sudden deprescribing of opioid analgesics for people nearing the end of life, and tailoring pain management plans for patients are among recommendations in the first international guidelines on opioid deprescribing.
22 June 2023
$3.9 million in funding for ARC Linkage Projects
From investigating the role of the oxytocin receptor in social behaviour and quality of life, to reconnecting Indigenous communities with their cultural heritage.
21 June 2023
Missing Titanic sub: what could have gone wrong?
Professor Stefan Williams from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics explains how submersibles work, how they communicate and what might have gone wrong for the Titan, the crewed submersible vessel which has gone missing near the Titanic shipwreck.
21 June 2023
Is leaving dog poo in the street really so bad? The science says it's even worse than you think
What's that smell? Is that what you think it is? You check your shoes and, sure enough, one is adorned with a sticky, foul-smelling patty of fresh wrongness. You have stepped in a landmine of the canine variety.
21 June 2023
Life-changing scholarship for refugee student
After leaving Afghanistan in 2019, Mohammad Reha is now living in Auburn and studying at Sydney, supported by a new scholarship for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
20 June 2023
Gig economy needs to see creative reforms from the federal government
The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' white paper about regulating 'employee-like' forms of work may protect workers. But experts say their approach may create issues, writes Dr Alex Veen in The Sydney Morning Herald.