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23 July 2020

UNSW Sydney’s last Grand Challenge will focus on how humans can thrive in our contemporary, globalised world.

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17 July 2020

Man-made reefs can be used in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat to increase fish abundance in estuaries, UNSW researchers have found.

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8 July 2020

New research shows, in a world first, a recreation of the evolution of flowering plants through time - a complete angiosperm 'time-tree'.

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3 July 2020

Half of the world’s tropical plant species may struggle to germinate by 2070 because of global warming, a new UNSW study predicts.

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18 June 2020

Many blennies – a remarkable family of fishes – evolved from an aquatic ’jack of all trades’ to a ‘master of one’ upon the invasion of land, a new study led by UNSW scientists has shown....

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17 March 2020

DNA evidence from the Himba society in Namibia overturns ideas about genetic paternity, and about what it means to be a father.

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4 March 2020

Males of most animal species die earlier than females because their smaller Y chromosome is unable to protect an unhealthy X chromosome, research suggests.

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26 November 2019

Women invest more time and attention in appearance enhancement if they live in economically unequal environments - a phenomenon driven by status anxiety, according to a new study....

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22 November 2019

With 30 academics included on the 2019 list of Highly Cited Researchers, UNSW rises to second among Go8 universities.

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23 October 2019

UNSW Sydney’s Dean of Science, Professor Emma Johnston, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.

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