University Of New South Wales

UNSW Sydney PhD candidate Merryn Baker has won the prestigious Universitas 21 (U21) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition, with her talk on developing a new, non-invasive way of diagnosing lung disease through breath analysis.UNSW is a…

A global cross-disciplinary team of scientists led by UNSW Sydney researchers has developed the first comprehensive classification of the world’s ecosystems across land, rivers and wetlands, and seas. The ecosystem typology will enable…

In 2020, one in three IVF cycles undertaken by couples trying to conceive was due to male infertility or a combination of male and female infertility, a new report by UNSW Sydney medical researchers shows.The underlying reason for the…

Partner companies Eisai and Biogen recently announced promising clinical trial results for their new Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab. Over 18 months, patients treated with lecanemab experienced slower symptom progression than the placebo…

One in eight people in Australia, including one in six children, is living in poverty as cost of living pressures continue to put households under strain. New research has been released today, on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week, in the…

A study of viruses that affect amphibians and reptiles has closed the gap on the knowledge of viruses affecting animals which until now has largely focused on humans and other mammals.Third year PhD student Emma Harding, who led the study…

When Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilisation of the military to conscript 300,000 reservists into the war in Ukraine tens of thousands of Russians, mainly young men, began cycling, walking, driving or catching…

Arriving to a new range or location, invasive species lose not only their enemies but also their friends – those relationships that benefit colonisation. A meta-study, published in Biology Letters and led by Professor Angela Moles from…

Dryland ecosystems cover around 40 per cent of land on earth and support more than 2 billion people, and, once degraded – through overgrazing or inadequate irrigation – they are difficult to restore. One technique for restoring ecosystems…

Researchers from the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) at UNSW Sydney are part of a comprehensive international study that looked deep into the oceans to discover just how much climate change has warmed…