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Wednesday 28 May 2025
Max Lu takes helm as UOW Vice-Chancellor
Read more about Max Lu takes helm as UOW Vice-ChancellorWednesday 4 June 2025
Gluten intolerance and coeliac disease can both cause nausea, bloating and pain. What’s the difference?
Read more about Gluten intolerance and coeliac disease can both cause nausea, bloating and pain. What’s the difference?Articles
Quake-proofing homes of the world’s most vulnerable
Soledad Mashiri's engineering research will help make homes safer for people living in earthquake-prone regions.
Studying for a job that doesn’t exist yet
Students started a new degree at the University of Wollongong this week, for a future job that probably doesn’t exist yet.
Teenagers get hands-on with science at new multi-million dollar facility
From dabbling with DNA to concocting chemistry creations and using real satellite data to investigate climate change, high school students from around New South Wales visited UOW for a fun three days of school holiday science from 8-10 July.
What stone tools found in southern tip of Africa tell us about the human story
Many more twists still remain in the human story, write archaeologists Alex Mackay, Manuel Will, and Natasha Phillips.
Virtual to reality: mine training keeping workers safer
Simulating dangerous environments through virtual reality training is helping save lives in the coal industry.
Just add water for new wonder material
Walking on water and a liquid that can stop a bullet sound like the powers of comic book superheroes.