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11/10/2026

What do cake and the universe have in common? According to UNSW theoretical physicist Jahanvi Maheshwari, it's all about the ingredients. 🍰

Jahanvi breaks down the science behind dark matter and explains how researchers are searching for clues 1.5 kilometres underground.

A bunch of UNSW Science students have ditched the lab for the wildest classroom in the world, the Okavango Delta in Bots...
09/10/2026

A bunch of UNSW Science students have ditched the lab for the wildest classroom in the world, the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

from went along and took some amazing pictures, which you can see over on the ABC website: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/botswana-okavango-delta-young-conservationists/107185434

Science student Sophie Nguyen told the ABC: “Seeing how water is managed here has really made me think a lot about how water can be properly managed back home.”

05/10/2026

You asked us so we asked an expert!

Dr Kayla Steele from UNSW Science and the Black Dog Institute answers your questions about mental health.

If we want to know where to look for life on other worlds, we have to learn how it came about here. UNSW researchers ha...
01/10/2026

If we want to know where to look for life on other worlds, we have to learn how it came about here.

UNSW researchers have found that a fragile sugar that may have arrived on meteorites could have interacted with Earth’s minerals to preserve the ingredients needed to make RNA, a key building block of life.

The discovery gives scientists another clue to how chemistry may have made the extraordinary leap towards life billions of years ago and gives astronomers something extra to look for when searching for planets that might host life.

🔗 Read more via UNSW Newsroom: https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/09/sugar-space-backbones-life-earth

27/09/2026

What have the Romans ever done for us? Invent voicemaxxing for a start....

Congratulations to UNSW Scientia Professor Matthew England, who has been awarded the prestigious 2026 A.G. Huntsman Meda...
27/09/2026

Congratulations to UNSW Scientia Professor Matthew England, who has been awarded the prestigious 2026 A.G. Huntsman Medal for his outstanding contribution to marine science.

Prof. England, an oceanographer and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for our Future Oceans, has spent decades advancing our understanding of ocean circulation and its influence on the global climate, including El Niño and changes in the Antarctic.

He is only the third Australian researcher to receive the medal since it was established in 1980.

“It’s a privilege to work as a marine scientist, it’s a great profession with a wonderful community of passionate people and I feel lucky to work in this field,” says Professor England.

🔗 Read more via UNSW Newsroom: https://bit.ly/4yTMgdX

26/09/2026

one battery coming right up! 👨‍🍳🍳🔥

Despite covering millions of hectares across the country, there’s a lot we don’t know about Australia’s forests. That in...
20/09/2026

Despite covering millions of hectares across the country, there’s a lot we don’t know about Australia’s forests.

That includes fundamental things like whether they’re becoming more vulnerable to drought️.

Part of the problem is that Australia is a big country – big and tough to monitor.

So UNSW Sydney and Western Sydney University researchers are upgrading thousands of solar-powered sensors that will send data via satellites and help scientists track how forests respond to drought, heatwaves and bushfires.

The sensors measure soil moisture, microclimate, tree growth and plant water stress, and will provide valuable insights into how forests and woodlands are changing.

If the demonstration project in western NSW is successful, the network could eventually be expanded across the entire country.

Read more about the project: https://bit.ly/4z4Wjx9

New UNSW research published in Translational Psychiatry has uncovered a promising avenue for treating the long-term effe...
17/09/2026

New UNSW research published in Translational Psychiatry has uncovered a promising avenue for treating the long-term effects of prenatal opioid exposure.

Led by Associate Professor Kelly Clemens and Dr Isobel Williams, with clinical collaboration from Professor Ju Lee Oei, the study found that sodium butyrate, a compound produced naturally by the gut microbiome, repaired many of the behavioural, cognitive and brain changes caused by opioid exposure before birth in rat models. The study is part of a broader project with an aim to improve the life outcome of babies exposed to user mothers, led by A/Prof Kelly Clemens.

While further research is needed before human trials, the findings offer hope for the first therapy to prevent or reverse these lasting developmental impacts.

Read the full story via UNSW Newsroom.
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/09/Gut-supplement-shows-promise-against-opioid-related-damage

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