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- Design of a silicon quantum computer chip https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/complete-design-silicon-quantum-computer-chip-unveiled 145 comments
- Levels of atmospheric aerosols and greenhouse gas emissions will have a significant impact on the efficiency and cost of solar energy, analysis of Global Climate Models concludes https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/green-policies-will-maximise-photovoltaic-potential-and-minimise-future-energy 5 comments science
- Ocean warming has accelerated dramatically since the 1990s, nearly doubling during 2010–2020 relative to 1990–2000, according to new research. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/ocean-warming-accelerating-and-hotspots-reveal-which-areas-are-absorbing-most-heat 3 comments environment
- Dengue virus can disrupt children’s immune systems, causing confusion within the immune system that leads to severe symptoms https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/immune-confusion-leads-severe-dengue-children-study 4 comments science
- Literature analysis finds most coral reef research is from the US and Australia, while countries with large coral reefs such as The Maldives and Papua New Guinea are underrepresented https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-unsw-sydney-reveal-biases-field-coral-reef-research 2 comments environment
- Literature analysis finds most coral reef research is from the US and Australia, while countries with large coral reefs such as The Maldives and Papua New Guinea are underrepresented https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-unsw-sydney-reveal-biases-field-coral-reef-research 10 comments science
- A new study (N=41) using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner shows that teenagers with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) experience deficits in decision making and behavioural control, and this is linked to abnormal activity in an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/decision-making-mechanisms-go-awry-ocd-brains-study 3 comments science
- Analysis of biodiversity recovery after Australia's ‘Black Summer’ bushfires shows biodiversity recovered in areas impacted by low to high severity fires and decreased in areas impacted by fires of extreme severity https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/embargo-13-oct-biodiversity-can-rebound-after-bushfires-recovery-lags-severely 5 comments science
- Researchers, using MRI, found that teenagers with OCD experience deficits in decision making and behavioural control, and this is linked to abnormal activity in an area of the brain called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/decision-making-mechanisms-go-awry-ocd-brains-study 2 comments science
- Deficits in decision making and behavioural control linked to abnormal activity in the orbitofrontal cortex in teenagers with OCD, study finds https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/decision-making-mechanisms-go-awry-ocd-brains-study 2 comments science
- Study of atmospheric patterns over the last four decades finds ‘hail-prone’ days have decreased across much of Australia, but increased over large population centres in the southwest and southeast of the country https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/likelihood-hail-australia-has-changed-substantially-over-last-four-decades 10 comments science
- Study (n = 341,330) finds that Aeromonas bacteria are the second most common cause of gastro in young children and adults over 50 years old https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-identify-common-cause-gastro-young-children-and-adults-over-50-years 3 comments science
- Low pain back: study reviewed 98 trials with 69 different medicines or combinations of analgesic medicines and found that the effectiveness and safety of them is 'uncertain' when they were compared with placebo, and some could increase the risk of adverse events or side effects https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/effectiveness-and-safety-analgesics-treat-low-back-pain-uncertain-study 4 comments science
- Global review finds evidence of injecting drug use in 190 countries. Across an estimated 14.8 million people who inject drugs, 24.8% were found to have recently experienced homelessness, 58.4% had a history of incarceration, and 14.9% had recently engaged in sex work. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/evidence-injecting-drug-use-found-190-countries-global-review 8 comments science
- Online interaction could be affecting the ability of young people to concentrate on everyday tasks. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/online-interaction-impacting-mood-and-cognitive-function-young-people 87 comments science
- Study shows urgent action is needed to preserve the world’s largest ice sheet from global warming https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/small-window-opportunity-left-preserve-antarcticas-sleeping-giant 29 comments science
- Study shows urgent action needed to preserve the world’s largest ice sheet from global warming. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/small-window-opportunity-left-preserve-antarcticas-sleeping-giant?amp%3Butm_medium=social 132 comments worldnews
- A treatment that trains both the brain and the body has shown important effects on pain and disability. Sensorimotor retraining alters how people think about their body in pain, how they process sensory information from their back and how they move their back during activities. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/effective-new-treatment-chronic-back-pain-targets-nervous-system 6 comments science
- Scientists at UNSW have engineered the world's first quantum processor at the atomic scale, a major milestone in the race to build the world’s first quantum computer. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-emulate-nature-quantum-leap-towards-computers-future 4 comments technology
- Scientists at UNSW have engineered the world's first quantum processor at the atomic scale, a major milestone in the race to build the world’s first quantum computer. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-emulate-nature-quantum-leap-towards-computers-future 2 comments science
- No sun, No problem. UNSW researchers have shown that Earth’s radiant infrared heat can be used to generate solar electricity at night. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/night-time-solar-technology-can-now-deliver-power-dark 472 comments futurology
- Psychologists have developed a new face identification ability test that will help find facial recognition experts for a variety of police and government agencies, including contact tracing https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/face-best-id-checkers 3 comments science
- More greenhouse gases were produced in 2018 than any previous year, despite more than 20 countries reducing their carbon emissions since 2000, research from an international group of scientists has shown https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/they-just-kept-rising-data-reveals-alarming-greenhouse-gas-increase 8 comments environment
- More greenhouse gases were produced in 2018 than any previous year, despite more than 20 countries reducing their carbon emissions since 2000, research from an international group of scientists has shown https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/they-just-kept-rising-data-reveals-alarming-greenhouse-gas-increase 209 comments science
- We need herd immunity against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/we-need-herd-immunity-against-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation 100 comments technology
- Scientists studying the effects of tropical fish intruding into temperate reefs have identified the first victims of ‘tropicalisation’ of temperate waters. But surprisingly, the scientists also found greater diversity and more abundance of fish overall. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/cool-water-fish-floundering-tropical-fish-invade-temperate-reefs 11 comments science
- The link between mental imagery and emotions may be closer than we thought. People with aphantasia – that is, the inability to visualise mental images – are harder to spook with scary stories, study shows. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/i-aint-afraid-no-ghosts-people-mind-blindness-not-so-easily-spooked 4 comments science
- Aphantasia – being blind in the mind’s eye – may be linked to more cognitive functions than previously thought. People with aphantasia reported a reduced ability to remember the past, imagine the future, and even dream https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/being-mind-blind-may-make-remembering-dreaming-and-imagining-harder-study-finds 1339 comments science
- Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/engineers-crack-58-year-old-puzzle-way-quantum-breakthrough 11 comments science
- Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/engineers-crack-58-year-old-puzzle-way-quantum-breakthrough 11 comments science
- Antarctica's ice will be lost before 2°C temperature rise, new study finds https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/ancient-antarctic-ice-melt-increased-sea-levels-3-metres-%E2%80%93-and-it-could-happen 965 comments worldnews
- Scientists find cheaper way to make hydrogen energy out of water https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/scientists-find-cheaper-way-make-hydrogen-energy-out-water 136 comments science
- Brain scans show why people get aggressive after a drink or two - UNSW scientists measuring blood flow in the brain to better understand why people often become aggressive after drinking alcohol have found that brain areas that temper aggression shut off when people drink. http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/brain-scans-show-why-people-get-aggressive-after-drink-or-two 961 comments science
- Even small amounts of exercise – from as little as 1 hour per week – can offer significant protection against depression, new study published in The American Journal Of Psychiatry shows https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/one-hour-exercise-week-can-prevent-depression 13 comments science
- Scientists have discovered the purpose of a famous 3700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet, revealing it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/mathematical-mystery-ancient-clay-tablet-solved 41 comments science
- Mathematical mystery of ancient Babylonian clay tablet solved https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/mathematical-mystery-ancient-babylonian-clay-tablet-solved 22 comments science
- A study of the internal sound waves created by starquakes, which make stars ring like a bell, has provided unprecedented insights into conditions in the turbulent gas clouds where stars were born 8 billion years ago. http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/starquakes-reveal-surprises-about-birth-stars-our-galaxy 11 comments science
- Researchers design architecture for a quantum computer in silicon https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/researchers-design-architecture-quantum-computer-silicon 5 comments technology
- No warming hiatus: Extremely hot temperatures over land have dramatically and unequivocally increased in number and area despite claims that the rise in global average temperatures has slowed over the past 10 to 20 years during what some public commentators have called a global warming hiatus period http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science/no-warming-hiatus-extreme-hot-temperatures 18 comments science
- Discovery sets record for efficiency of solar panels using low-grade silicon, will cut costs to new lows. From the University which holds the world-record for silicon cell efficiency. http://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/technology/solar-discovery-sets-new-record-low-grade-silicon 13 comments science