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Academics in the fields of climate science, oncology and human rights are honoured in 2022.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has recognised UNSW academics for their contributions to the scientific enterprise.

Beach safety education needs to be better targeted at multi-cultural Australian migrant communities if drownings are to be avoided.

UNSW scientists hope the Big Bushfire BioBlitz will build on the 17,500 observations submitted to the Environment Recovery Project.

In this era of mega-fires, diverse strategies are urgently needed so we can safely live with fire.

They are the only known scavengers in the world to have picky diets.

A UNSW PhD candidate has led the mapping of the floral emblem of NSW, the waratah.

ARC funding supports UNSW academics participating in cooperative national and international facilities and partnering with business, industry and the community.

The site offers details of a verdant landscape 15 million years ago, including fossils of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas and wasps. 

A trip to the beach is a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids.

This 2022 round of grants will support research across UNSW Sydney’s six faculties, with topics ranging from cooling technologies for urban heat mitigation to systemic risk in insurance.

What if we could help threatened marsupials evolve to survive foxes and feral cats?

Australia’s coastline spans more than 33,000km – and there are myriad marvellous marine animals we share this space with.

The team solved this mystery with the help of a vacuum chamber, a lot of lasers, and one powerful cosmic reaction.

As the weather warms up, UNSW researchers name some of their favourite bushwalks and the ways citizen scientists can help them by collecting data along the way.

The UNSW scientists observed fewer waterbirds but greater flooding than last year, which they hope will help to offset long-term declines.

We might’ve been under lockdown this year, but science sure wasn’t.

Country by Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gammage is a dialogue between experts on First Nations ways of farming and agriculture. It is also a call to Australia to look after Country better.