Artificial intelligence is being deployed across NSW universities without central oversight, policies or strategies, leaving several institutions without a “complete understanding” of their use, a new audit has revealed....
Research
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It is worth digging a little deeper into the important contribution that Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and UNSW Scientia Professor of Economics Richard Holden made in their National Press...
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Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt and economics professor Richard Holden gave a joint address on Wednesday to the National Press Club in Canberra. Their key message? Australia isn’t spending enough...
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The renowned Australian physicists that paved the way for Microsoft’s quantum technologies have unveiled their own venture aimed at bridging the gap between deep tech and the budding commercial...
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The University of Sydney has broken ground on its new biomedical facility, which has soared by $150 million in costs since the announcement three years ago but could “change...
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Australia’s chief scientist will meet with Indigenous experts within weeks to begin work on how the government can help elevate and protect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems....
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Australian scientists have balked at a proposal for the federal government to fund high risk research over just two years, warning administration will eat into the short timespan and...
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Cooperative Research Centres are seeking an expanded role that would allow them to access government funding beyond the Industry department and help deliver flagship programs like the National Reconstruction...
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Three new Cooperative Research Centres will launch with $158 million in federal co-funding announced Thursday to start producing regenerative therapies, advance 3D printing and innovate in the care economy....
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The University of Sydney will take an equity stake in up to 50 health and technology spinouts through a new commercialisation fund aimed at bridging the early-stage funding gap....
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A Coalition plan to further cap international students would pull hundreds of millions of dollars out of Australia’s research system and shut out some of the world’s best early...
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US efforts to sway Australia’s research direction through thematic cuts to funding fall outside the remit of a federal government taskforce set up to counter foreign interference in universities,...
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Australia’s research community has warned the Albanese government has missed another opportunity to start rebuilding an ailing research and development system into one that can meet looming challenges like...
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Chip giant Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, chief...