2018
Articles
28 September 2018
Agriculture students make clean sweep at Crops Competition
Competitors from across Australia and the US have taken their lecture knowledge into the field in a hands-on test of their skills in agronomy, live crop-yield potential, and plant and disease identification.
27 September 2018
Six scholars recognised for social sciences leadership
Six University of Sydney social scientists have been elected to the prestigious Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for their distinguished contributions to their disciplines and to society.
27 September 2018
Oyster research aims to clean the water of Sydney Harbour
The shells of Sydney's oysters once helped to build the city. Two centuries on, researchers look at using oysters to help clean up urban estuaries all over the world.
26 September 2018
Photonic chips harness sound waves to speed up local networks
Acoustic noise in chips used to be a nuisance. Now scientists at the University of Sydney Nano Institute have developed a technique to put it to use in receivers of information in fibre-optic networks.
25 September 2018
Old and modern architecture the focus of building conservation
In a time of dramatic change, conserving precious architecture, objects and places becomes even more important. But alumna, Susan Macdonald, knows it takes more than good intentions - it takes detective work and new thinking.
25 September 2018
Sisters do it for themselves
Termite colonies have been found to thrive and reproduce without males, new research from the University of Sydney reveals.
21 September 2018
Transforming devastated landscapes with permaculture
The humanitarian crises that most of us only read about are often witnessed firsthand by alumna Rosemary Morrow, as she travels the world to help refugees and displaced people grow food.
20 September 2018
Cane toad genome sequenced for the first time
Emeritus Professor Rick Shine says deeper understanding of this introduced species will help develop improved methods for managing its impact on Australia's fauna and environment.
19 September 2018
When politics corrupts the fairness of elections
Arranging election district boundaries can be made to favour a particular party, creating a problem for democracy. Working for the Campaign Legal Centre, alumna Ruth Greenwood is on the front line, fighting for fairness.
19 September 2018
Revealed: how to protect livestock from predators
Three nonlethal methods are effective for protecting livestock from wildlife predators, new research reveals.
13 September 2018
Freewheeling bush adventures in a wheelchair
Her studies were almost over and alumna, Helen Smith, had plans. Then a single event meant she had to reach her goals via a very different path. Now she's pushing against the barriers.
12 September 2018
Microscope that gets to the heart of matter
The transmission electron microscope (TEM) can explore matter at the scale of less than 0.06 billionths of a metre helping researchers design materials in renewable energy, medical science, engineering and geosciences.
10 September 2018
New Drug Discovery Initiative focused on innovative therapies
University of Sydney's strategic investment brings a coordinated approach to drug discovery.
10 September 2018
Viruses & infectious diseases: Prof Edward Holmes public lecture
This talk on 12 September by Prof Edward Holmes, who has published a number of Nature papers on viruses, will discuss what we have learned since the 1918 influenza pandemic and 40 years since the last death from smallpox.
05 September 2018
Cannabis As Medicine Survey CAMS:18 launches
The University of Sydney is launching CAMS:18 - an online survey for people who have used medicinal cannabis in the past 12 months. This survey will provide an 'after' snapshot since legislative changes in 2016.