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Nip and tuck

2 September 2020 -
Sasha Stollman works on a shortfin mako shark. In preparing Natural Selections, our major natural history exhibition for the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum, we were able to again ... museum technician Kevin Bray designs and constructs mounts to
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2020/09/02/nip-and-tuck.html
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5 tips for spotting amazing wildlife in the city

5 June 2020 -
Slow down, pay attention and notice a world of natural activity around you. ... Why would they do that? Turns out the nicotine in the butts were acting as a natural parasite killer.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/04/5-tips-for-spotting-amazing-wildlife-in-the-city.html
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Carbs food of choice for Aussie ‘bin chickens’

2 September 2019 -
Given a choice, urban Australian white ibis prefer carbohydrates over their more natural diet, according to new research that could provide insights into why they are moving to the city. ... New research published in Behavioral Ecology shows the bird has
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/05/03/carbs-food-of-choice-for-aussie-bin-chickens.html
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Empowering Australians with disability to prepare for natural disasters

2 December 2019 -
A collaboration between the University of Sydney, NSW Emergency Services, and the health and disability sectors is raising awareness of the challenges people with disability face during natural disasters. ... Troy Grant MP and Disability Discrimination
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/09/12/empowering-australians-with-disability-to-prepare-for-natural-di.html
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In the good books with Georgia Knox

13 February 2024 -
Her natural optimism and an MBA made the choice easier. Georgia Knox, MBA graduate 2016.
www.sydney.edu.au/business/news-and-events/news/2023/09/06/in-the-good-books-with-georgia-knox.html
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Playable sculpture brings community together

23 May 2023 -
Commissioned by the City of Geelong, The Secret reflects Dr Mestrom's aim to use art as a bridge between the built and natural environments and as means to create a
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/05/23/playable-sculpture-brings-community-together.html
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Scientists discover receptor that blocks COVID-19 infection

9 February 2023 -
University of Sydney scientists have discovered a protein in the lung that blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection and forms a natural protective barrier in the human body. ... For me, as an immunologist, the fact that there's this natural immune receptor that we
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/02/10/scientists-discover-receptor-that-blocks-covid-19-infection.html
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Putting people with a disability at the heart of disaster planning

25 July 2016 -
Whilst the Hawkesbury region contains spectacular countryside and hosts an enviable rural lifestyle close to Australia's largest city, the threat of natural disasters is high. ... and Policy and the School of Geosciences, and is funded under the 2014
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/04/08/putting-people-with-a-disability-at-the-heart-of-disaster-planni.html
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What do neurons, fireflies and dancing the Nutbush have in common?

8 September 2023 -
Synchronicity is all around us, but it is poorly understood. Computer scientists have now developed new tools to understand how human and natural networks fall in and out of sync.
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/09/08/what-do-neurons--fireflies-and-dancing-the-nutbush-have-in-commo.html
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New conservator joins the Chau Chak Wing Museum team

31 May 2021 -
Do you specialise in any particular area of conservation? Silvia: I specialised in objects during my masters and started very early on in my career focusing on natural history objects. ... It’s a collector’s cabinet assembled by the man himself,
www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2021/05/26/new-conservator-joins-the-chau-chak-wing-museum-team.html