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Friday 23 January 2026
Three UOW teams secure $1.08m to turn research into real world outcomes
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UOW achieves strong global results in THE Subject Rankings 2026
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Science and Technology
‘Magic’ radiation detector to improve cancer treatments
A UOW PhD student worked on developing a ‘magic plate’ radiation detector that will help improve the safety of cancer radiotherapy.
Law, Politics and Society
Vietnam War hard on conscripts ‘who drew the card’
A study of the long-term health effects on Australians conscripted to serve in the Vietnam War has debunked perceptions of widespread cancer and death rates among veterans.
Health and Medicine
Putting a lid on child obesity with Australian-first online program
Online lifestyle program promoting healthy weight in preschoolers to be trialled in the Illawarra.
Health and Medicine
New horizons in understanding the benefits of fibre
Reducing the risk of specific cancers, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, fibre is an unsung food hero.
Science and Technology
A measure of pleasure to improve safe sex’s hard sell
A UOW-led project to develop a revolutionary new condom is using brain scans to measure reactions to touch.
Health and Medicine
Mind the gap: $2.5m initiative to improve mental health and wellbeing in the Shoalhaven
New patient centred initiative to tackle mental health and wellbeing in the Shoalhaven.