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02 May 2024

Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication

Research led by the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District has developed a new type of oral insulin based on nanotechnology. In the future, it could offer the 75 million people worldwide who use insulin for diabetes a more effective and needle-free alternative.

01 May 2024

The President is a brilliant revival of a play of decay, terror and revulsion

Dr Alexander Howard, senior lecturer in English, reviews The President by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, at the Sydney Theatre Company, a co-production with Dublin's Gate Theatre.

01 May 2024

How evolving landscapes impacted First Peoples' migration to Australia

For the first time, dynamic modelling of terrain has helped us better understand how humans first travelled across the continent of Sahul between 35,000 and 70,000 years ago.

01 May 2024

Where to next in Australia's battle with Elon Musk and X?

Professor Terry Flew, in Digital Communications and Culture, says the Australian government's battle with Elon Musk and X over violent content appears admirable, but will it change anything for those vulnerable to its harm?

01 May 2024

Tsetse fly protein provides anti-clotting agent with its own on-off switch

A completely novel way to develop 'surpamolecules' for drug discovery could have application in immunotherapy as well as this breakthrough design for an anticoagulant with on-demand reversibility.

01 May 2024

Methane emissions from landfill could be turned into sustainable jet fuel in plasma chemistry leap

A new plasma technique developed by researchers at the University of Sydney could help create a circular economy for waste-generated methane emissions.

30 April 2024

Sydney Con Jazz Festival 2024 hosts the best of Australian jazz

Sydney Conservatorium of Music has announced the lineup for its one-day jazz festival on Sunday 2 June, 2024. Music lovers can enjoy jazz performances by Australia's best artists in six concert locations around the Con.

29 April 2024

University of Sydney awarded $18.4 million for national quantum centre

A national centre of innovation and collaboration led by the University of Sydney aims to unlock quantum's potential.

29 April 2024

$4.5 million for koala care announced

The University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science's Camden campus will be the site for the NSW Government's new koala care centre. With $4.5 million in new funding, the facility will be part of the Wildlife Health and Conservation Hospital.

29 April 2024

Mind-bending maths could stop quantum hackers, but few understand it

As the advent of quantum computers grows closer, cryptographers are trying to devise new mathematical schemes to secure data against their hypothetical attacks, writes Professor of Mathematics, Nalini Joshi.