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As modern medicine improves, so too does our ability to stave off disease. But can we overcome the most inescapable of afflictions - old age? Researchers around the world are trying to find out.

Simple hygiene goes a long way to avoid serious eye infections.

Painting eyes on the backsides of cattle in Botswana appears to prevent attacks from lions in landscapes where they coexist.

A team of chemists has lifted the hood on the mysterious interplay between sunlight and molecules in the atmosphere known as ‘roaming reactions’, which could make atmospheric modelling more accurate.

The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led by UNSW Sydney shows. 

Miniscule plants growing on desert soils can help drylands retain water and reduce erosion, UNSW researchers have found.

Scientists find remnant of strange dismembered star cluster at Galaxy’s edge

UNSW researchers have linked the burden of humpback whales’ annual migration to depleted microbial diversity in their airways – an indicator of overall health.

As Perseverance prepares to launch for Mars, two UNSW PhD students look back on a field trip that gave Indigenous high school students a behind-the-scenes look at the rover’s upcoming mission.

New research has found the window of opportunity for hazard reduction burns won’t actually get smaller, but instead change seasons.

The Fellows have been awarded more than $9.5 million to conduct research projects in engineering, arts and social sciences, law and science. 

Stars viewed from a place called Dome A in Antarctica can finally be seen without their twinkle – which means in much greater detail.

A study by UNSW and the Black Dog Institute has shed light on the influence of COVID-19 on Australians’ mental health.

UNSW Sydney and Sydney Airport are teaming up for a century to support under-represented groups in aviation.

In 2016, women represented just 29% of workers with university qualifications in science, technology, engineering or maths. And that was before the pandemic disruption.

UNSW Sydney plays a key role in developing a new accounting framework for recognising the ocean’s benefits beyond economic growth and employment.

The arrival of humans in the Americas may predate the peak of the last ice age, new research shows.