2022
Articles
25 October 2022
Young cancer researcher's dedication advances patient treatments
Dr Nicole Seebacher committed to researching the most challenging cancers, particularly melanoma, after a friend died of the disease. She has also won numerous awards and appeared on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list along the way.
24 October 2022
Leading with lived experience
A scholarship and early offer gave Piadora Rahme the opportunity to rise above her circumstances and pursue her dream to join the judiciary.
24 October 2022
Scientists manufacture 'living blood vessel'
Research led by the University of Sydney has developed a material that mimics the complex structure of naturally occurring blood vessels.
20 October 2022
Interviewing vulnerable suspects
Dr Celine van Golde's new book, Interviewing Vulnerable Suspects, provides police and others working in the criminal justice system with guidelines for identifying and accommodating vulnerable suspects.
19 October 2022
Unravelling the mystery of green doughnuts on the Great Barrier Reef
Scientists have systematically mapped and sampled 'green doughnuts' for the first time since the seascape lurking at the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef was discovered in the 1970s - revealing an ecosystem teeming with life.
13 October 2022
Baffling 'spiderweb' star not an 'alien megastructure'
A distant star - ringed by geometric ripples and captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in July - has baffled astronomers, and triggered frenzied internet speculation it might be evidence of an alien megastructure.
12 October 2022
Sydney researchers receive 31 Investigator grants
Creating a genetic map to prevent future pandemics, chronic disease support and heart attack prevention are some of the projects awarded funding in the 2022 NHMRC Investigator Grants.
12 October 2022
Future health of coral reefs written in the sand
University of Sydney geoscientists develop a technique that reveals the health of coral reefs from space.
30 September 2022
Milky Way's graveyard of dead stars found
In the first map of the 'galactic underworld', a study from the University of Sydney has revealed a graveyard that stretches three times the height of the Milky Way. It has also indicated where the dead stars lie.
30 September 2022
$40m funding boost for Sydney medical research
Projects to embed RNA diagnostics within the Australian health system, improve timely dementia diagnoses, and evaluate immunotherapy treatments for a rare yet expensive to treat neurological disorder are among the latest projects funded.