Geoffrey Hinton discusses promise and perils of AI at Toronto Tech Week
Does artificial intelligence have subjective experience? Could AI outsmart and outmanoeuvre humans? What can Canada do to ensure it remains a leader in the global AI race that it helped kickstart?
Welcoming back international students while reducing emissions
The sector is working together to respond to the climate crisis and the need for urgent action, University of Canterbury’s Assistant Vice-Chancellor Engagement Brett Berquist says.
Global plastic pollution treaty essential to tackle growing health risks to all life on...
World-leading researchers and charities are calling on countries attending global plastic pollution treaty negotiations (INC-5.2) to agree legally-binding commitments
Long lost ‘bum-breathing’ turtle makes its return
A revolutionary new DNA detection method has helped rediscover an iconic species of turtle last seen more than 25 years ago in a northern Queensland river.
‘Rosetta stone’ of code allows scientists to run core quantum operation
To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that quantum bits, or qubits, create as they operate.
UM develops bacteria-mimetic nanomedicine to enhance cancer therapies
A research group led by Wang Ruibing, associate professor in the Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau (UM), has developed a bacteria-mimetic supramolecular nanomedicine by immune cells in vivo...
Data privacy push sparks tech surge in US banks
A new study led by Dr Sarah Zhang from Alliance Manchester Business School has uncovered how small banks in the United States are reacting to growing concerns about data privacy.
NSW gives an $8 million boost to Tech Central
The NSW Government has launched an $8 million fund to help drive research and commercialisation activity in the Tech Central precinct centred on Sydney’s Central Station and including UTS and the University of Sydney.
Luke Carman joins the Charles Perkins Centre as the 2025 Writer-in-Residence
Award-winning author and essayist Luke Carman has been announced as the 2025 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre.
University of Auckland holds place in global top 100
A consistently high international reputation has ensured the University of Auckland maintains its place in the top universities of the world, as reflected in the just released 2023 QS World University Rankings.
