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- Meat eating link to inflammation, worse gut health and MS https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/01/28/meat-eating-linked-to-inflammation-worse-gut-health-and-ms.html 5 comments
- New quantum computer approach from University of Sydney http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=9081 7 comments
- Eyes were a potent motif in the ancient world, sometimes used to protect, sometimes used to destroy. https://www.sydney.edu.au/museum/news/2022/10/04/the-eyes-have-it.html 13 comments history
- Majority of Gen Z unaware of how meat consumption impacts climate https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/09/26/majority-of-gen-z-unaware-of-how-meat-consumption-impacts-climat.html 297 comments environment
- Pace as important as 10 000 steps for health https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/09/13/pace-as-important-as-10-000-steps-for-health.html 2 comments health
- Stone age surgery: earliest evidence of amputation found https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/09/08/stone-age-surgery-earliest-evidence-of-amputation-found-archaeology.html 2 comments anthropology
- 19 percent of global food system greenhouse gas emissions are caused by transportation. Countries such as the United States, Germany, France, and Japan constitute 12.5 percent of the world’s population yet generate nearly half (46 percent) of international food transport emissions https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/unpublished/fifth-of-global-food-related-emissions-due-to-transport.html 32 comments science
- Bionic eye study paves the way towards human trials https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/01/bionic-eye-study-paves-the-way-towards-human-trials.html 3 comments science
- Worlds next door: looking for habitable planets at Alpha Centauri https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/17/worlds-next-door-habitable-planets-alpha-centauri-exoplanets-breakthrough.html 6 comments technology
- New gene therapy saves the sight of children with eye disease https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/08/new-gene-therapy-saves-the-sight-of-children-with-eye-disease--.html 3 comments upliftingnews
- Astronomers discover unusual signals coming from the direction of the Milky Way’s center https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/12/strange-radiowaves-galactic-centre-askap-j173608-2-321635.html 5 comments science
- "We’ve never seen anything like it" University of Sydney researchers detect strange radio waves from the heart of the Milky Way which fit no currently understood pattern of variable radio source & could suggest a new class of stellar object. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/12/strange-radiowaves-galactic-centre-askap-j173608-2-321635.html?campaign=r&area=university&a=public&type=o 1266 comments science
- A new strategy where patients are started on a pill containing four medicines, each at a quarter of their usual doses, has been shown to be much more effective in getting high blood pressure under control, compared to the common practice of monotherapy, where treatment commences with just one drug https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/08/30/4-in-1-blood-pressure-pill-much-more-effective-than-monotherapy.html 47 comments science
- Research finds the language in child protection documents used as evidence in court can adversely affect mothers and children who are subject to domestic violence https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/05/victim-blaming-can-affect-trial-outcomes.html 5 comments science
- Recycling of composite materials could be up to 70 percent cheaper and lead to a 90-95 percent reduction in CO2 emissions compared to standard manufacturing. Scientists developed an efficient and cost-effective method for recycling carbon fibre, which is present in tablets through to BMWs https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/03/08/researchers-develop-improved-recycling-process-for-carbon-fibres.html 7 comments science
- Wrasses dazzle: how fairy wrasses got their flamboyant colours https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/03/01/wrasses-dazzle--how-fairy-wrasses-got-their-flamboyant-colours.html 3 comments science
- Human activity forces animals to move 70% further to survive. The consequences of changed animal movement can be profound and lead to reduced animal fitness, lower chances of survival, reduced reproductive rates, genetic isolation and even local extinction https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/02/02/human-activity-forces-animals-move-further-to-survive-ecology-hunting.html 17 comments science
- New research finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have an impact on a child’s brain development and is associated with greater psychological and behavioural problems in youth including anxiety, depression and poor attention. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/09/25/low-level-alcohol-use-during-pregnancy-can-impact-childs-brain.html 289 comments science
- Scientists have known insects experience something like pain since 2003, but new research at the University of Sydney proves for the first time that insects also experience chronic pain that lasts long after an initial injury has healed. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/07/11/thwack--insects-feel-chronic-pain-after-injury.html 3 comments science
- The first ever detailed study of the diet of great white sharks has shown that these fish spend a lot of time feeding near the seabed, meaning that the image of a shark hunting with its dorsal fin out of the water may be inaccurate. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/15/great-white-shark-diet-surprises-scientists.html 22 comments science
- A lizard has been observed giving live birth and laying eggs from the same pregnancy. This is the first such observation in any vertebrate. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/04/03/which-came-first-the-lizard-or-the-egg-three-toed-skink.html 344 comments science
- Researchershave conducted the first global review of herbal medicines for weight loss in 19 years, finding insufficient evidence to recommend any current treatments. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/02/17/insufficient-evidence-backing-herbal-medicines-for-weight-loss.html 440 comments science
- More than one billion animals killed in Australian bushfires https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/01/08/australian-bushfires-more-than-one-billion-animals-impacted.html 14 comments worldnews
- Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (used to generate positive expectations) more common than inert placebos, according to a new study, which found that 77% of GPs had offered an active placebo (such as antibiotics for a virus). https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/12/02/placebo-use-among-australian-gps-surprisingly-high.html 2 comments science
- A dog's colour could impact longevity, increase health problems - New research has revealed the life expectancy of chocolate Labradors is significantly lower than their black and yellow counterparts (n>33,000). https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/10/22/a-dog-s-colour-could-impact-longevity--increase-health-problems.html 3 comments science
- Study of community use of medicinal cannabis to treat childhood epilepsy found most samples contained some THC and little CBD, contrary to parents' expectations, and a majority (75%) were reported as reducing seizures, suggesting potential role for other cannabinoids in treatment-resistant epilepsy. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/07/05/content-of-illicit-cannabis-to-treat-children-with-epilepsy-revealed.html 38 comments science
- Walking faster could make you live longer: Walking at an average pace was found to be associated with a 20% risk reduction for all-cause mortality compared with walking at a slow pace, while walking at a brisk or fast pace (generally 5 to 6 km/hr) was associated with a risk reduction of 24%. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/06/01/walking-faster-could-make-you-live-longer--research.html 17 comments science
- An international team of researchers have developed a highly elastic, protein–based surgical glue that could transform emergency treatments by sealing up critical wounds in 60 seconds, without the need for staples or sutures. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/10/05/_squirtable_-elastic-surgical-glue-seals-wounds-in-60-seconds.html 36 comments science
- Young researcher creates new roadmap for computer hard drives http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2016/07/09/young-researcher-creates-new-roadmap-for-computer-hard-drives-.html 8 comments technology
- People in developing countries more likely to get diabetes than those in Western countries because of the diets their ancestors had to endure. The undernourishment of their ancestors has changed their genetic make-up so they store fat in a manner that makes them more prone to obesity. http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=15211 3 comments science
- Dogs can be pessimists too, new research shows http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=14058 8 comments science
- Brain defect traps schizophrenics in twilight zone: People with schizophrenia struggle to turn goals into actions because brain structures governing desire and emotion are less active and fail to pass goal-directed messages to cortical regions affecting human decision-making, new research reveals. http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=13898 11 comments science
- Mysterious dance of dwarfs may force a cosmic rethink: The discovery that many small galaxies throughout the universe do not 'swarm' around larger ones like bees do but 'dance' in orderly disc-shaped orbits is a challenge to our understanding of how the universe formed and evolved http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=13791 4 comments science
- The dragon awakes - colossal explosion from supermassive black hole at centre of galaxy revealed http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=12387 8 comments space
- A University of Sydney study suggests students who have a gap year achieve more highly at than students who enter university straight after school http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=5&newsstoryid=12356&utm_source=console&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=cws 14 comments science
- New research: Stoners beware, exercising might lead to a positive drug test via activation of THC stored in fat http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=1&newsstoryid=12329&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social 6 comments science
- New species of fungus discovered that causes life-threatening infections in humans and cats http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=11789&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social 62 comments science
- The scientific legacy of 'undiscovering' an island http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=11386&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social 7 comments science
- Human brains are wired to think others are staring at us when they're really not: study http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newscategoryid=2&newsstoryid=11335&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social 98 comments science
- Drones aren't just for war, can be used for good: robotics professor http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=11269&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social 4 comments politics