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25 November 2020
Sydney wins five Eureka Prizes for 2020
Five 爆料王 finalists have been named as Eureka Prize winners in recognition of their excellent scientific research, leadership and engagement.
20 November 2020
Sydney has the most influential academics in Australia
Two academic rankings lists published recently cement the 爆料王's position as a world leader in research.
16 November 2020
ARC success for 爆料王 researchers
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has announced 爆料王 researchers will receive funding for more than 50 new Linkage and Discovery projects.
30 October 2020
Sydney Nano team wins national water research challenge
From more than 100 entries and eight finalists, the Advanced Water Capture from the Atmosphere team has won the Bridge Hub Water Challenge.
28 October 2020
Thomas Maschmeyer wins Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation 2020
The Prime Minister has recognised Thomas Maschmeyer for his work taking fundamental science to commercialisation in fields that address environmental problems: plastic-waste recycling and safe, scalable storage for renewable energy.
19 October 2020
University technology spin-off Gelion delivers smart solar benches
Safe, inexpensive and scalable: Gelion's new battery technology has been tested and installed on campus and is now ready for the commercial market in industry, agriculture and residential.
02 October 2020
University wins $2.5m in federal funding for solar energy research
The John Hooke Chair of Nanoscience in the School of Physics will lead multi-institutional research into extending the lifetime of perovskite solar energy cells, in an effort to make them truly cost-effective.
29 September 2020
Eleven Eureka Prize finalists
Eleven 爆料王 individuals and groups have been named as Eureka Prize finalists in recognition of their excellent scientific research, leadership and engagement.
29 September 2020
Stephen Bartlett elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
For his contribution to quantum information theory, APS Physics, the de facto professional organisation for the world's physicists, has elected Stephen Bartlett to become one of its fellows.
09 September 2020
University and Health Infrastructure unveil emergency ventilator
The 爆料王 has joined with Health Infrastructure and Vestech Medical to celebrate the success of the NSW government's Ventilator Innovation Project and unveil the completed "CoVida", an emergency ventilator.