progscrape: unsw.edu.au

New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight

14 days ago unsw.edu.au engineering

Study finds childhood trauma doesn't inevitably lead to poor outcomes in adulthood, and that many people who experience adversity thrive for decades afterwards

15 days ago unsw.edu.au psychology

Study of Australian drinking habits finds that parents' drinking has the most influence on their children at two key stages - between 15 and 17, when children begin to experiment with alcohol…

24 hours ago unsw.edu.au australia health

IVF not linked to higher overall cancer rates, but study shows differences in some cancers

10 days ago unsw.edu.au cancer

Engineers demonstrate cheaper, greener method to create high-quality graphene by grinding and flash joule heating peanut shells

25 days ago unsw.edu.au engineering flash

People are overconfident in their ability to distinguish between real faces and AI-generated faces

33 days ago unsw.edu.au psychology

73% of adolescents with a record of self-harm or suicidal ideation experienced a high level of adverse childhood experiences in at least one developmental stage…

50 days ago unsw.edu.au psychology

Engineers set world efficiency record for emerging solar cell material, antimony chalcogenide, achieving an efficiency of 10.7%, the highest independently verified performance to date

2 months ago unsw.edu.au environment

In households where both partners work from home, couples experienced heightened frustration and relationship conflict if work intruded on family time, compared to households where only one partner works from home

54 days ago unsw.edu.au

Social connections slow ageing in male bottlenose dolphins, study shows

3 months ago unsw.edu.au

Staying connected: social ties can protect ageing brains

4 months ago unsw.edu.au neuroscience

'Super recognisers' - people with extraordinary face recognition abilities - do not see more detail in faces, instead, they naturally look at the parts of a face that carry the best information for identifying faces

4 months ago unsw.edu.au psychology

Brainwave study sheds light on cause of 'hearing voices'

5 months ago unsw.edu.au psychology

Low-cost ketamine treatment for depression found to be effective long term, offering a cheaper alternative to patented ketamine treatments

5 months ago unsw.edu.au health

Deforestation can increase risk of large-scale flooding by as much as 700%

5 months ago unsw.edu.au environment

The language chosen by judges in family courts reinforces gender biases, with mothers seen mainly as caregivers and fathers judged on their ability to provide financially

6 months ago unsw.edu.au

When melanoma cancer cells are forced through channels narrower than 10 micrometres, they begin to behave more like stem cells, gaining traits that could help them survive, spread…

6 months ago unsw.edu.au cancer health

90% of Australian teachers experience severe levels of stress and 70% describe their workload as largely or completely unmanageable

7 months ago unsw.edu.au australia psychology

Study shows that removing methyl groups from DNA can switch genes back on, confirming that methylation is directly responsible for gene silencing

7 months ago unsw.edu.au epidemiology

Study finds that less active versions of the NOD2 gene, in combination with radiotherapy or immunotherapy, result in an improved response to cancer immunotherapy

7 months ago unsw.edu.au cancer health

The underwater songs of leopard seals share a similar structural entropy to human nursery rhymes and have a less predictable structure than humpback whale songs and dolphin whistle sequences

7 months ago news.unsw.edu.au

Between 10 and 13 million babies have been born via IVF in the 40 years since the world’s first IVF infant was born

7 months ago unsw.edu.au health

Some people continue to engage in self-sabotaging behaviour even after intervention due to a persistent failure to connect their actions with consequences

8 months ago unsw.edu.au psychology

Vaping more effective than gum and lozenges for helping socially disadvantaged people quit smoking, but 58% of quitters continue to vape six months later; long-term safety of vaping remains unclear

8 months ago unsw.edu.au health

Risk of death in pet dogs increases by nearly 10% on extreme heat days (32°C/90°F), with an increased risk of 1% for every degree over 25°C

8 months ago unsw.edu.au

Mauna Loa Observatory captured the reality of climate change. The US plans to shut it down