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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.

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29 November 2021

University of Sydney welcomes the launch of The Quantum Terminal

The University of Sydney today congratulated the NSW Government on the official launch of The Quantum Terminal, which is part of Tech Central, the biggest technology precinct its kind in Australia.

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29 November 2021

Australian sea lion pups at Dangerous Reef, SA.

Ivermectin could help save the endangered Australian sea lion

Australian sea lions - a national government conservation priority species - have new hope for survival, thanks to a successful University of Sydney trial of ivermectin to treat hookworm infection.

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24 November 2021

University to co-lead Connectivity Innovation Network

The NSW Government has announced that the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney will lead the establishment of the state's Connectivity Innovation Network.

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17 November 2021

Artist's impression of Proxima b exoplanet around Proxima Centauri. M. Kornmesser/ESO/NASA

Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri

In collaboration with the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Astronautics and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Professor Peter Tuthill is leading TOLIMAN, a project to discover if the nearest stars have planets that could support life.

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16 November 2021

Dr Pengyi Yang uses computational expertise to build virtual cells.

Dr Pengyi Yang wins National Stem Cell Foundation Metcalf Prize

Award recognises research behind the making of virtual human cells, which allow scientists to explore how stem cells develop and how we can regenerate damaged organs.

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10 November 2021

Student Sam Wenger at work. Photo: Louise Cooper/USYD.

$250,000 from Elon Musk to Sydney students for carbon removal

A team of University of Sydney students has won a US$250,000 prize, awarded by Elon Musk's Foundation and announced at COP26. With industry partners and an academic supervisor, they have developed a solar-powered unit that removes CO2 from the atmosphere.

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10 November 2021

InnoHK: Using deep data to tackle global public health problems

Established with support from the Office of Global Engagement, the hub is part of the Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, a joint project led by the University of Hong Kong in collaboration with the University of Sydney, University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the country on which the University of Sydney campuses stand and our responsibility to respect and care for country, people and spirit.

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University spin-out company Gelion lists on London Stock Exchange

University of Sydney welcomes the launch of The Quantum Terminal

Ivermectin could help save the endangered Australian sea lion

University to co-lead Connectivity Innovation Network

Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri

Dr Pengyi Yang wins National Stem Cell Foundation Metcalf Prize

$250,000 from Elon Musk to Sydney students for carbon removal

InnoHK: Using deep data to tackle global public health problems

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