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Sufferers of heart disease could soon benefit from a world-first breakthrough by UNSW medical researchers that dramatically increases the success rate of coronary artery bypass grafts.

Simple single-celled algae use highly sophisticated quantum physics to harvest and convert solar energy for their survival, a new study suggests.

Two COFA graduates will conclude their artist’s residency in Kuala Lumpur with an exhibition inspired by Malaysia’s natural environment.

UNSW is helping to build Australia’s literary future – well beyond academic and student circles.

A breakthrough technology to seal surgical wounds without stitches will be developed for use in delicate brain surgery thanks to a major federal government grant.

Beef produced in feedlots has a smaller carbon footprint than meat raised exclusively on pastures, according to the surprise results of a new study.

Some of our most gifted school students have experienced first hand the interaction between the human body and machine at a holiday workshop at UNSW.

An eminent group of UNSW researchers, alumni and supporters has been recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours.

Some of Sydney’s young, aspiring leaders have completed an intensive leadership program at UNSW.

Australian computer game designers have taken on the rest of the world in a 48-hour, non-stop contest co-organised in Sydney by UNSW.

Surf's up and so too are undergraduate enrolments in the summer school at the Australian School of Business.

The AGSM MBA is the leading full-time program in Australia and 36th in the world, according to the Financial Times (UK) ranking of the top 100 MBA programs.

The arrival in Australia of our future king, Prince William, reminds us of our failure to assert our full powers of self-government, writes UNSW Professor George Williams.

Young women who buy into society's expectations are more likely than non-conformists to have a negative body image and eating disorders, a new study suggests.

Indigenous high school students, among them a skilled crocodile handler, are at UNSW to learn about a future in engineering.

Ahead of her first posting as an Australian diplomat, UNSW PhD graduate Moya Collett has won a major national prize for her research on conflict and peacekeeping in West Africa.

UNSW students have sequenced the genome of the ancient Wollemi Pine – a world first that could reveal how a "dinosaur" of the tree kingdom has survived 200 million years.

Most new energy-efficient CFL globes fail to live up to manufacturers' claims that they emit as much light as an "equivalent" incandescent lamp.

Problem gamblers are being created at a rate of almost one for every new poker machine introduced, new research has found.

UNSW’s world-leading solar cell research has received a boost with a $4 million grant to further develop high-efficiency silicon solar cell technology.

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