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Thursday 18 June 2026
World-first global assessment maps PFAS pollution in whales and dolphins
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UOW maintains its place among the top 200 universities in the world
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Science and Technology
Video games could teach spatial skills lost to a society dependent on devices
Research has shown that off-the-shelf video games can also aid learning 鈥� particularly when it comes to the development of spatial skills.
Science and Technology
‘Sticky’ water holds the key to antifouling surfaces
Insights make possible cheap, effective antifouling surfaces
Education
Inaugural event targets first-in-family students
120 future students and families welcomed.聽
Science and Technology
Physicists win European Space Agency funding for radiation sensor
UOW invention measures astronauts鈥� levels of radiation exposure
Education
Progress apace toward new western civilisation degree
PVC (Inclusion & Outreach) appointed to advisory board.聽
Law, Politics and Society
El Chapo trial shows why a wall won't stop drugs from crossing the US-Mexico border
The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaqu铆n 鈥淓l Chapo鈥� Guzm谩n Loera has exposed just how powerful Mexico鈥檚 cartels really are.