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A major international climate study co-authored by a UNSW scientist has confirmed the past decade as the hottest on record.
For the first time, scientists have shown that selective breeding of dogs is driving major changes in the canine brain.
A new funding model for Australians with disabilities can improve their quality of life, a Social Policy Research Centre report has found.
UNSW and electric car services company Better Place have joined forces to get eco-friendly electric cars onto Australia's roads, starting with the Uni's own fleet.
For many veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the war never ends. Dogged by post-traumatic stress disorder, many also have drug and alcohol problems. In the latest issue of Uniken, we hear how UNSW research is helping change their lives.
Men with a family history of prostate cancer who are confused about whether to undergo controversial screening could have their questions answered thanks to an online resource.
UNSW researchers are in the running for top honours in the 2010 Eureka Prizes, the “Oscars” of Australian science
A new course will be the first in Australia to teach the network engineering skills demanded by the National Broadband Network and other emerging technologies.
The high number of Australians missing from the electoral roll is a national disgrace says Professor George Williams, who’s called for a system of online enrolment.
UNSW’s College of Fine Arts is part of a new artistic hub that promises to breathe new life into inner Sydney's Taylor Square.
The discovery of a remarkable 15-million-year-old Australian fossil cave packed with even older animal bones has revealed almost the entire life cycle of a large prehistoric marsupial.
UNSW researchers will develop satellite technologies that will allow flooding, bushfires and earthquakes to be monitored in real time under a $4.7 million federal grant.
UNSW has been awarded more than $58 million for centres of excellence in quantum computing, climate science and population ageing – the best result of any university.
For the first time, UNSW medical researchers have demonstrated that exercise can reverse the effects in the brain of psychological trauma experienced early in life.
People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) will have the chance to take part in a pilot study of a unique internet-based education program, which has proved very successful in treating several other mental disorders.
Artists, designers, architects, researchers and the general community are being brought together this month for a thinktank on art and sustainability.
A record number of Indigenous high school students have graduated from Nura Gili’s Winter School at UNSW – Australia’s largest university preparation program.
The next generation of international water professionals, who will deal with urgent issues such as growing populations and drought, have met at UNSW.
The outstanding contributions of UNSW staff to improving student learning have been recognised with five citations from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
The federal government’s new asylum policy may not be a response to racism and xenophobia, but the concerns behind it are being fuelled by ignorance and a dismal political debate about refugees, argues UNSW’s Jane McAdam.
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