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Thursday 11 June 2026
UOW celebrates the life of former Vice-Chancellor Ken McKinnon AO
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Wafer-thin super material heralds the future of wearable technology
A ‘flat-pack’ construction of a powerful new supercapacitor paves the way for wearable and miniature electronics.
Tiny insects make huge contribution to understanding science
A one-hour TV documentary featuring a UOW biologist and the much-maligned spoiler of the Australian summer, the fly, is a finalist in this year’s Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.
Quake-proofing homes of the world’s most vulnerable
Soledad Mashiri's engineering research will help make homes safer for people living in earthquake-prone regions.
Studying for a job that doesn’t exist yet
Students started a new degree at the University of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ this week, for a future job that probably doesn’t exist yet.
Teenagers get hands-on with science at new multi-million dollar facility
From dabbling with DNA to concocting chemistry creations and using real satellite data to investigate climate change, high school students from around New South Wales visited UOW for a fun three days of school holiday science from 8-10 July.
What stone tools found in southern tip of Africa tell us about the human story
Many more twists still remain in the human story, write archaeologists Alex Mackay, Manuel Will, and Natasha Phillips.