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Tuesday 9 December 2025
UOW to lead new $72M ARC Centre of Excellence for Renewable Fuels
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Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago
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Health and Medicine
Circle of silence perpetuates chronic use of sleeping tablets in older Australians
Study looks at older Australians’ attitudes to ceasing long-term use of sleeping tablets.
Science and Technology
Dr Karl busting scientific myths at UOW
Curly questions, scientific myth-busting and very loud shirts will be the focus of an evening at UOW with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
Science and Technology
Materials scientist named Eureka Prize finalist
Professor Gordon Wallace nominated for a prestigious Eureka Prize for his pioneering work developing ‘intelligent polymers’.
Science and Technology
Harvesting seaweed to make skin from the sea
Researchers from the South Coast of NSW are hoping to develop new treatments for burns and wounds, by using the most plentiful resource at their fingertips – the sea.
Science and Technology
Peeling off the layers for new electronics
Scientists use oxygen ‘scissors’ to make freestanding single-atom silicon layer.
Business and Economy
Like Pokemon, UOW's innovation is everywhere
Pokemon Go's $9.9 billion boost to the share value of Nintendo is the same as the total research income evaluated by the ARC, writes UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings.