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Wednesday 15 April 2026
UOW appoints Professor Ana Deletic as Provost
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New project develops smart surfboard fins to help reduce shark attack risk
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Chemists create new super base
Australian scientists report world record-breaking chemistry discovery.
Students bound for Rio
Olympic fever has well and truly hit UOW, with a number of students past and present making their way to Rio in the coming weeks.
Dr Karl busting scientific myths at UOW
Curly questions, scientific myth-busting and very loud shirts will be the focus of an evening at UOW with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
Materials scientist named Eureka Prize finalist
Professor Gordon Wallace nominated for a prestigious Eureka Prize for his pioneering work developing ‘intelligent polymers’.
Harvesting seaweed to make skin from the sea
Researchers from the South Coast of NSW are hoping to develop new treatments for burns and wounds, by using the most plentiful resource at their fingertips – the sea.
Peeling off the layers for new electronics
Scientists use oxygen ‘scissors’ to make freestanding single-atom silicon layer.