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Experts discuss decarbonising heavy industry

HiTemp-2

Researchers and representatives from heavy industry are meeting to find ways to reduce their carbon emissions and energy consumption.

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Thou shall not kill and inherit?

SALRI team and the Attorney General

Recommendations could give courts discretionary powers in how they apply the law of forfeiture especially in cases where a victim of domestic abuse kills in self-defence.

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Pathways highlight social housing’s importance

Professor Emma Baker

Up to 10 per cent of Australians have called social housing home at some point and it often acts as a launchpad for a more stable life.

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Does your horse cough? Perhaps it has asthma

Surita du Preez with horse

University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É researchers are investigating the frequency of equine asthma and risk factors for its presence in horses across Australia, and whether the recent bushfires have increased respiratory distress.

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Meditation may improve lives of adolescents with PCOS

Meditation

Mantra-based mediation, previously proven to reduce stress, may help adolescent girls cope with the symptoms of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). A trial currently being carried out by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É seeks to improve the quality of life for girls with this condition.

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University students supported as future leaders

2020 Westpac Future Leaders Olivia Johnson and Shanna Hosking

Two University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É students have been awarded prestigious Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships in 2020 to undertake post-graduate study.

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Laurie Anderson to be inaugural Art Intelligence artist-in-residence

Laurie Anderson

Award-winning NYC avant-garde artist and creative pioneer, Laurie Anderson, is the inaugural artist-in-residence at Art Intelligence, a ground-breaking collaboration between the Australian Institute for Machine Learning (AIML) and Sia Furler Institute at the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É.

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PhDs cement international collaboration

PhDs cement international collaboration

Six new PhDs announced by the University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É strengthen the long-term collaboration with the University of Nottingham, UK.

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Transforming potato waste into a new industry for Australia

Potato skins

Four of the largest potato producers in Australia want to convert 100% of their potato waste into commercial benefit through their partnership with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

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Space agency head to receive honorary doctorate

Dr Megan Clark

The University of ÑÇÖÞÉ«°É’s acknowledges the important work that Dr Megan Clark is undertaking in the space sector by awarding the Head of the Australian Space Agency an honorary doctorate.

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