2024
Articles
03 May 2024
To tackle gendered violence, we also need to look at drugs, trauma and mental health
We need to look at the roots of gendered violence, including the experiences and behaviours of perpetrators, writes Dr Siobhan O'Dean, Dr Lucinda Grummitt and Dr Steph Kershaw at The Matilda Centre, University of Sydney.
03 May 2024
Sydney researchers awarded over $42 million in NHMRC Investigator Grants
The University of Sydney has been awarded over $42 million in 2024 NHMRC Investigator Grants funding to research some of the nation's greatest health challenges.
03 May 2024
To boost quality of life while aging - stay active or get active by 55
A new study of more than 10,000 Australian women showed a significant link between regular exercise during mid-age and physical health later in life, even when the exercise routine was not started until their mid-50s.
02 May 2024
How corporations harm your health through everyday products - a history
We think we control our health but corporations selling forever chemicals, fossil fuels and ultra-processed foods have a much greater role, writes Dr Nick Chartres, senior research fellow at the University of Sydney with co-author Professor Lisa Bero from University of Colorado.
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
University of Sydney researchers awarded Australian Government grants
The Australian Government has awarded University of Sydney researchers $11m in funding over four years to improve health in the Asia-Pacific region.
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
NHMRC partnership grants for Sydney health researchers
New NHRMC funding will help University of Sydney researchers work with partner organisations to address lower back pain and chronic wounds.
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?