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- Scientists discover receptor that blocks Covid-19 infection https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/02/10/scientists-discover-receptor-that-blocks-covid-19-infection.html 151 comments
- Na-S Battery: Low-cost with four times the capacity of lithium https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/12/07/low-cost-battery-built-with-four-times-the-capacity-of-lithium.html 156 comments
- 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
- Next-generation solar cells pass strict international tests https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/05/22/perovskite-solar-cells-pass-strict-international-tests.html 76 comments
- Engineers to develop robot maintenance crews in space | University leads $2.3m autonomous “in-situ” satellite maintenance project https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/09/engineers-to-develop-robot-maintenance-crews-in-space.html 2 comments space
- New research shows Australians born in the 1990s have poorer mental health for their age than any previous generation and do not show the improvements in mental health as they age, as experienced by earlier generations. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/11/28/study-shows-generational-decline-in-australias-mental-health.html 298 comments science
- First study to assess how different movement patterns throughout the 24-hour day are linked to heart health found that any activity is better for your heart than sitting - even sleeping https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/11/10/any-activity-is-better-for-your-heart-than-sitting-even-sleeping.html 9 comments science
- A global team of climate scientists has reported that Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have seen, to the point that life on Earth is imperilled: they found 20 of 35 planetary indicators at record extremes https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/10/25/uncharted-territory-climate-scientists-sound-alarm-over-earth-vital-signs.html 6 comments environment
- A global team of climate scientists has reported that Earth’s vital signs have worsened beyond anything humans have seen, to the point that life on Earth is imperilled: they found 20 of 35 planetary indicators at record extremes https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/10/25/uncharted-territory-climate-scientists-sound-alarm-over-earth-vital-signs.html 456 comments science
- 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
- 'Extinct' wood-eating cockroach rediscovered after 80 years https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2022/10/01/extinct-wood-eating-cockroach-rediscovered-after-80-years.html 66 comments upliftingnews
- 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
- When life gives you spoiled oranges... don't make bootleg Campari - use them to make a sensor that detects cancer https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/12/06/spoiled-oranges-shine-light-on-malignant-cells.html 2 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
- Why happiness is becoming more expensive and out of reach https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/16/why-happiness-is-becoming-more-expensive-and-out-of-reach-.html#.Yadd_05Te9Q.reddit 488 comments science
- Ivermectin could help save the endangered Australian sea lion: this conservation priority species has new hope for survival thanks to a successful University of Sydney trial of the now-notorious drug to treat hookworm infection. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/29/ivermectin-could-help-save-the-endangered-australian-sea-lion.html 1253 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
- New technology gives smart cars 'x-ray'-like vision https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/11/02/new-technology-gives-smart-cars--x-ray--like-vision.html 7 comments technology
- Researcher behind discovery that the pupils of your eyes sense more than light publishes new paper, showing that they detect quantity. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/10/25/more-than-light-detectors--the-magic-of-your-eyes--pupils.html 32 comments science
- 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
- 'Charles Darwin & Alfred Wallace are only right most of the time...' University of Sydney scientists have discovered that milkweed butterflies harass & feed on live caterpillars within their species to steal chemical 'wedding gifts', raising questions in insect evolutionary theory. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/09/09/butterflies-feed-on-live-young-to-steal-chemicals-for--wedding-g.html?campaign=r&area=university&a=public&type=o 18 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
- Those who flout COVID recommendations are less agreeable, have lower intellect, and tend to be more extroverted than those who adhere to recommendations. COVID non-conformists also prioritize self-interest and personal freedom and show greater tolerance for social deviance, a new study reports. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/30/what-psychology-says-about-covid-non-compliers.html 3506 comments science
- Evidence of a cannabis ‘entourage effect’ - Certain cannabinoids had up to 14-fold higher plasma concentrations when administered in combination, as a cannabis extract, vs alone in mice. This might explain the therapeutic effects reported for low-dose CBD products. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/07/22/entourage-effect-clues-how-low-dose-cannabinoid-cbd-products-work.html 5 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
- Scientists put the stopwatch on cannabis intoxication. New analysis from the Lambert Initiative defines durations of impairment after inhaled or oral THC doses. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/04/12/scientists-put-stopwatch-on-cannabis-thc-intoxication-lambert-drug-driving.html 4 comments science
- Native reptile populations on Christmas Island have been in severe decline with Lister's gecko & the blue-tailed skink disappearing from the wild. While previously the main drivers for this is likely predation by invasive species & habitat destruction, a new study adds a bacterium to the list. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2021/03/18/christmas-island-reptile-killer-identified.html 3 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
- 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 post-pandemic world: will populations be on the move. Epidemics are examples of wider contagion phenomena which also include social segregation, "infodemics" – waves of misinformation, and social unrest https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/06/11/a-post-pandemic-world--will-populations-be-on-the-move-.html 17 comments science
- First study on the health conditions of adults one month into COVID-19 lockdown. The study provides some of the earliest pieces of evidence that the COVID-19 outbreak affected people mentally as well as physically. https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/04/08/health-conditions-of-adults-one-month-into-covid-19-lockdown.html 57 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