Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from UNSW

I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee-brewing energy use by 75%

Most of us think of espresso as a hot, high-pressure ritual. Finely ground coffee goes into a machine, boiling water is forced through it, and in about 30 seconds we get a concentrated shot with crema, aroma, bitterness, body and caffeine.

The Conversation

A Study Has Shown That Creatine Might Not Be As Good As You Think

Love guzzling creatine for your gym gains? Well, you might wanna put the scoop down, sweetie. New studies show it might not be very effective.

Pedestrian.tv

Former banking exec makes $25M bid to capture untapped US$350B market

A former banking executive and current Partner at private investment firm Factory Capital expects to invest in excess of $25 million to build businesses targeting the largely untapped US$120 to 350 billion potential global market for peri- and post-menopause (“midlife”) interventions.

inkl

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Refugees Are Welcome Here’ site could be part of ‘connected campaign’ to funnel votes to One Nation in Victoria

Exclusive: Rightwing activist denies responsibility for set of aspiring political parties and their potential preferences, as Guardian analysis suggests links

The Guardian - AU

Animals can talk over huge distances – but humans might be changing their range

Animals are noisy. And their noises can travel a long way.

The Conversation

Westralia: an inevitable independence for WA or an ‘idiotic’ idea in a time of war?

Authors of a new book argue secession could be a blueprint for eastern states but the government says it would leave WA with a weaker economy and no defence force

The Guardian - AU

Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity

Emma Johnston, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne who has died aged 52, was a marine ecologist, a visionary leader in science and research, a passionate champion of the environment, a brilliant and engaging communicator, and a caring mentor. Emma was also our friend.

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Should Australia establish an independent body to investigate scientific misconduct? We asked 5 experts

Most of us trust scientists. We believe they are not just competent, but honest as well.

The Conversation

‘Mineral’ sunscreens marketed to Australians contain almost identical chemicals as others, testing shows

Exclusive: UNSW researchers found protection in products usually marketed as ‘natural’ is also contained in cheaper alternatives

The Guardian - AU

150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks

Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks

The Guardian - AU

Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night

Ten platypuses were reintroduced into Sydney’s Royal national park in 2023. This week, two new juveniles were discovered, leading one researcher to cry ‘Oh, give me a hug’

The Guardian - AU

Scam weight-loss drops marketed to Australians contain ‘basically salty water’, analysis finds

Exclusive: Scientists from UNSW school of chemistry analyse sample of treatment, bought online and purported to mimic effects of Ozempic, and find nothing more than saline solution

The Guardian - AU

Professor defends new UNSW course on AI art against student backlash despite ‘layer cake of nightmares’

Student petition calls for UNSW ‘Generative AI for Artists’ to be cancelled and for the university to commit to not requiring the use of generative AI in any future courses

The Guardian - AU

Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes

Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he’ll spend the night singing underwater amongst the floating ice floes.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Student revolt against AI arts course at top university

One of Australia's leading universities is facing resistance to a subject teaching fine arts students how to use artificial intelligence to make artworks.

AAP

Australian-made green plane fuel closer with grant win

Creating sustainable aviation fuel without using farm waste could be possible within months, researchers say, and will cut emissions from air travel.

The Guardian - AU

‘Tricky ethical space’: endometriosis centre funded by family with links to poker machine giant divides experts

A $50m pledge to revolutionise research into the disease has divided academics and public health experts

AAP

Scientists turn to AI to crack the green ammonia riddle

Faced with testing 8000 substances to work out how to cut pollution from a key agricultural product, Aussie scientists turned to artificial intelligence.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Hopes AI can help provide lifeline for housing crisis

A government-backed lab hopes to provide solutions to ambitious housing targets and a cost-of-living crisis.

The Conversation

Newly discovered frog species from 55 million years ago challenges evolutionary tree

Australian tree frogs today make up over one third of all known frog species on the continent. Among this group, iconic species such as the green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) and the green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), are both beloved for their vivid colours and distinctive calls.

The Conversation

Silicosis is ruining the lungs of construction workers. An AI-powered breath test can detect it in minutes

Silicosis is an incurable but entirely preventable lung disease. It has only one cause: breathing in too much silica dust. This is a risk in several industries, including tunnelling, stone masonry and construction.

AAP

Solomons, Fiji suffer poor air quality: UNSW study

A first-of-its-kind study into air qualify has shown Solomon Islands and Fiji have air quality issues in their capital cities.

AAP

Economists less confident of RBA rate cut than market

An AAP survey of 32 leading Australian economists has tipped the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates this week, but more than one in five remain unconvinced.

AAP

Chatbot therapy: can generative AI treat loneliness?

Researchers are creating artificially intelligent companions to help people get through challenges but that does not necessarily cut humans out of the picture.

The Guardian - AU

‘Increasingly worried’: more than a quarter of a million waterbirds disappear from eastern Australia

One of the world’s longest continuous bird counts has dashed the ‘wistful optimism’ of scientists hoping for a La Niña-driven recovery

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Melbourne

George Washington University

Deloitte Access Economics

36 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Artificial Intelligence

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.