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Friday 22 November 2024
Could printable organic x-ray sensors transform treatment for cancer patients?
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UOW ranks 52nd globally in THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025
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Environment and Energy
Study finds mangroves could be under water by 2070
Many of the world’s mangrove forests may not survive sea-level rise, a study published in Nature has found.
Environment and Energy
Rising seas threaten to drown important mangrove forests, unless we intervene
Mangroves put their roots down where few other plants will, writes Dr Kerrylee Rogers and team.
Challenge-led funding for research of global importance
Projects to design smart garments for mining and emergency workers, develop new cancer drugs and create a multi-sensory room for people with disabilities have been awarded funding in the latest round of seed funding from UOW.
Environment and Energy
Global warming trumps 1,800 years of cooling
Scientists find man-made global warming has triggered a reversal of natural ocean cooling.
Environment and Energy
Developing advanced steels for a green nuclear-powered future
A UOW researcher is working on new materials that could help make green nuclear power possible.
Environment and Energy
If you don’t like looking at wind farms, why not build them at sea?
Pushing wind farms offshore would seem to circumvent the main objections to wind turbines on land whilst enabling the renewable energy sector an opportunity to grow, writes Professor Clive Schofield.