University Of New South Wales

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla has been awarded the Clunies Ross Innovation Award for her globally recognised waste transformation technologies.Prof. Sahajwalla is an internationally renowned materials scientist, engineer, and…

Biomedical and electrical engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a new way to measure neural activity using light – rather than electricity – which could lead to a complete reimagining of medical technologies like nerve-operated…

UNSW has ranked joint fifth in the world and joint first in Australia in the inaugural QS World University Sustainability Rankings for its work in tackling the world’s greatest environmental, social and governance challenges.The new…

The 2022 Bragg Prize has been awarded to Lauren Fuge for her essay ‘Time travel and tipping points’, which explores our geological understanding of time ­— and how it might help us understand our future.The essay will be published…

A leading defence industry specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the sector has been appointed as Executive Director of the Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability. It is estimated that the project, a…

Recent data breaches have highlighted concerns about just how secure our personal information is in the hands of companies. But there’s one sector where a large-scale cybersecurity breach would be devastating – real estate.A data breach…

A personalised approach to managing overdoses at Sydney’s only Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) has ensured better outcomes to its clients’ long-term health, a study by UNSW Sydney and Western Sydney University criminologists…

Four diverse winners have been announced at UNSW Sydney for the 2022 Australian Mental Health Prize which seeks to recognise the important and groundbreaking work that many Australians are doing for mental health. Established in 2016, the…

The opening bounce of the AFL Schools Strategy was hosted at UNSW Sydney on Tuesday, celebrating the release of the new AFL Schools website with brand new resources designed by teachers, for teachers.The AFL aims to provide Australian…

Professor David Eldridge, and his discipline and decade-spanning research, has been recognised and rewarded by the NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet, as one of “the state’s best and brightest researchers” with the prize for ‘Innovation in…