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Economic optimism plays a crucial role in boosting national productivity and research and development, according to a new study from the University of Sydney Business School. The research, published in Journal of Innovation &…

Professor John Gilroy will lead a team of Aboriginal researchers on a research project that aims to identify ways to make the disability services sector an attractive occupation for the recruitment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

University of Sydney research has found people over 65 are being prescribed antidepressants as pain treatment based on international guidelines that use limited evidence. The study found that in the last 40 years there have…

In a paper published today in Nature Materials, researchers from the University of Sydney’s School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering introduced a new way to decode the atomic relationships within materials. The…

To date, little has been known about people living in north-western Saudi Arabia during the Neolithic – the period traditionally defined by the shift to humans controlling food production and settling into communities with agriculture and…

Ambassador Tam was met by members of the of the University of Sydney’s executive, including Kirsten Andrews, Vice-President (External Engagement), at the Michael Spence Building. “It was a great honour to welcome Ambassador Tam and…

Scientists at the University of Sydney and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have made a remarkable discovery: a commonly used blood thinner, heparin, can be repurposed as an inexpensive antidote for cobra venom. Cobras kill…

Giant eyeballs, miniature cities and anatomy replicated in exacting detail are among the intriguing and often beautiful objects featured in an exhibition of teaching models opening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. Micro:Macro, models of…

Dr Laura Case, an Indigenous musicologist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and Dr Laura Driessen, a radio astronomer in the Faculty of Science, have each won a two-week media residency with the ABC. The Australian…

Associate Professor Manoj Thomas, a researcher in the Business School, is pioneering the use of innovative low-cost technology to enable health professionals in resource-poor regions of the world to stay up to date with medical…