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Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia

Expanding the microbiomes of koalas so they can eat a wider range of eucalypts to survive

Poo transplants are helping expand koala microbiomes, allowing the marsupials to eat a wider range of eucalypts and possibly survive habitat loss. A study featuring a University of Queensland researcher, built on extensive research conducted at Western Sydney University, has analysed and altered microbes in koalas’ guts, finding that a faecal transplant may influence what

Expanding the microbiomes of koalas so they can eat a wider range of eucalypts to survive

Could the internet be changing the brain?

An international team of researchers from Western Sydney University, Harvard University, Kings College, Oxford University and University of Manchester have found the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in specific areas of cognition, which may reflect changes in the brain, affecting our attentional capacities, memory processes, and social interactions. In a first of

Could the internet be changing the brain?

Plants boost extreme heat wave temperatures by 5°C

Heatwaves from Europe to China are likely to be more intense and result in maximum temperatures that are 3°C to 5°C warmer than previously estimated by the middle of the century – all because of the way plants on the ground respond to carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This projected temperature increase found by Australian

Plants boost extreme heat wave temperatures by 5°C

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Floating pond homes help keep turtles and swans afloat
Floating pontoons made of plastic tubing, aquatic plants and hollow logs are being transformed into novel nesting grounds for turtles and swans.
Entire western Sydney region powering ahead on many fronts
Parramatta isn’t the only area that is forging ahead. Other suburbs like Liverpool and Penrith are developing their own plans too.
Offices boom is furiously generating jobs in western Sydney
Corporate jobs with big salaries are increasingly easy to find in western Sydney as employers establish swanky head offices in the suburbs.
Higher education boom driving employment in western Sydney
Western Sydney is reaping the rewards of a virtuous cycle of knowledge generation, jobs and wealth, with many educational institutions flocking to the area.
Measles has been identified in NSW, Qld and SA. 5 things to know about the virus
New South Wales health authorities have issued a measles alert after a baby who recently returned from overseas, and subsequently visited several sites in Western Sydney, tested positive to the virus.

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Westmead health precinct moves into big league to lure researchers
Western Sydney’s medical research hub is flourishing, and the challenge is to translate a rich pool of knowledge into commercial opportunity.
Sydney astronomers provide rapid radio-wave follow-up observation for gamma ray burst GRB 221009A
Australian astronomers have provided vital information in the global effort to understand the brightest-ever detected gamma ray burst, which swept through our solar system on October 9 last year.
Australia named world’s third-best higher education system in 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject
Global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds has today released the thirteenth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject*. Australia is making a big impact ...
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Very hot days in Western Sydney are typically 5 degrees hotter than parts of the city close to the coast and are becoming more common, but only in the west. Four climate drivers explain the ...
The two maps that show how western Sydney deserted the Liberals
Sydney University’s Professor Rodney Smith, who researches NSW politics, said a likely factor sapping Liberal support was a gap between the upbeat political portrayal of life in western Sydney ...