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Wednesday 13 August 2025

UOW announces appointment of Professor Helen Partridge as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)

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Tuesday 12 August 2025

NSW government backs world-leading hydrogen pipeline research

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From flatscreen TVs to your smartphone: the element boron deserves more attention

Each time you watch sport on a flatscreen television, or send a message by touching your smartphone screen, give thanks to an unsung hero of the periodic table: boron.

Dry winter primes Sydney Basin for early start of bushfire season

It might feel like the depths of winter, but Australian fire services are preparing for an early start to the bushfire season.

Governors gone wild: Mexico faces a “lost generation” of corrupt leaders

During the colonial period, the Spanish Americas were governed under the 14th-century formula, “Obedézcase, pero no se cumpla”: obey, but do not comply.

Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years

The question of when people first arrived in Australia has been the subject of lively debate among archaeologists, and one with important consequences for the global story of human evolution.

The NSW Budget will make it easier for first homebuyers to buy a house in the Illawarra: Truth or fiction?

By Alex Frino, Professor of Economics, Ƶapp of Ƶapp. 

Surfing the 3D printing wave: the changing face of surfboard fin production

To catch a sweet ride, surfers rely heavily on two things: the waves, and their board.

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