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06 May 2021

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Sydney archaeologist helps reveal oldest human burial in Africa

Dating to 78,000 years ago, the bones of a child were found by a team of archaeologists in Panga ya Saidi, a cave site on the Kenyan coast. It is considered the oldest human burial in Africa.

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04 May 2021

Myrtle rust spores on an infected paperbark leaf from Manly Vale NSW

Revealed: the fungus attacking Australian native plants

The invasive fungus myrtle rust has been attacking native plants, driving some to the brink of extinction. Dr Peri Tobias and her team hope that sequencing the entire genome can help the plants fight back.

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21 April 2021

Professor Chris Dickman from the Desert Ecology Research Group placing a captured small mammal in a bag during research into how native wildlife persists with feral cats and red foxes and copes with wildfire and the wildly fluctuating climate of central Australia.

Sydney continues to excel in global impact rankings

University continues to excel in 2021 Times Higher Education Impact rankings which measure an institution's research, outreach and stewardship against UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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15 April 2021

Sydney floods March 2021. Photo from NASA Earth Observatory

Not if but when - Sydney can expect more flood disasters

Sydney's recent disastrous flood wasn't unprecedented but we can expect more major events within 10 years, says Associate Professor Thomas Hubble from the School of Geosciences.

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13 April 2021

Neuroimaging findings show grey matter intensity decreases related to anhedonia, apathy and depression. Anhedonia in FTD was related to degeneration of the regions circled in green, which are ‘hedonic hotspots’ (related to reward-seeking) in the brain. Credit: University of Sydney.

Profound loss of pleasure related to early-onset dementia

Sydney-led research has uncovered profound anhedonia as a key feature in early-onset dementia, with grey-matter deterioration in the so-called pleasure system of the brain, suggesting a possible treatment target.

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13 April 2021

Pablo Bonilla Ataides, honours physics student.

Student's physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers

A simple yet elegant change to code studied for more than 20 years could shorten timeline to achieve scalable quantum computation and has attracted the attention of quantum computing programs at Amazon Web Services and Yale University.

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12 April 2021

Scientists put the stopwatch on cannabis intoxication

New analysis from the Lambert Initiative defines durations of impairment after inhaled or oral THC doses. Findings raise questions about current drug-driving laws, which penalise for THC presence, not intoxication levels.

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31 March 2021

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Easter chocolate toxic for dogs

Chocolate is toxic to dogs, and other pets, so don't offer your companion animals Easter Eggs or even hot cross buns, which are high fat and may contain raisins. No matter how hard your dog begs for it. Give them a doggie snack instead.

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Sydney continues to excel in global impact rankings

Not if but when - Sydney can expect more flood disasters

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Student's physics homework picked up by Amazon quantum researchers

Scientists put the stopwatch on cannabis intoxication

Easter chocolate toxic for dogs

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