Science news articles about 'University of Sydneys'

  • University of Sydney taxonomist names new family of fish

    A University of Sydney taxonomist has built on the research of Emperor Akihito of Japan, perhaps the world's best known ichthyologist, to classify a new family of fish.
  • Scientists discover the double life of proteins

    ... light on intestinal and kidney function. The team from the University’s School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology together with colleagues from the University of Sydney set out to study nutrient uptake ...
  • Platypus genome unravels mysteries of mammalian evolution

    ... ," says study leader Dr. Katherine Belov of the University of Sydney. Reference: Whittington, C.M ... , +61-293513454) or Camilla Whittington, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia (+61-421851793) 2 ...
  • 'Teacher Toads' Train Predators to Stay Away

    ... of Australia that don't already have them may sound like a crazy idea, but research by the University of Sydney's Professor Rick Shine suggests ...
  • What's bugging locusts?

    ... them do it? A team of scientists led by Iain Couzin of Princeton University and including colleagues at the University of Oxford and the University of Sydney believes it may finally ...
  • When following the leader can lead into the jaws of death

    ... someone that goes it alone. The study was carried out at the University of Leicester, by Ashley J. W. Ward now at the University of Sydney and in collaboration with David J. T ...
  • Experts from 10 countries develop first evidence-based definition of lifelong premature ejaculation

    ... the 1930s” explains co-author Dr Chris G McMahon, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney and Director of the Australian Centre for Sexual ...
  • A trial of removing food additives should be considered for hyperactive children

    ... considered as an alternative rather than a standard treatment for ADHD, writes Professor Andrew Kemp from the University of Sydney. In contrast, despite a lack of evidence ...
  • Altruism in social insects is a family affair

    ... of the colony over the individual has been reignited by new research from the University of Leeds, showing that they do so to increase ... of The Selfish Gene. Dr Hughes and colleagues at the Universities of Sydney and Sussex tested the two alternative ...
  • Astronomers weigh the coldest brown dwarfs with astronomy's sharpest eyes

    ... ," said Dr. Michael Liu of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawai'i at Mânoa (IfA ... /UHM), and Dr. Michael J. Ireland (University of Sydney). Brown dwarfs are a class of objects ...
  • New discovery proves 'selfish gene' exists

    ... new discovery by a scientist from The University of Western Ontario provides conclusive evidence which supports decades ... – until now. Working with Peter Oxley of the University of Sydney in Australia, Western biology professor ...
  • Footrot vaccine closer than ever

    ... over three years are taking place at Monash University's Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Structural and Functional Microbial Genomics and the University of Sydney. Chief investigator Professor Julian ...
  • 'Mind's eye' influences visual perception

    ... see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery--what we see with the "mind ... , Tong and co-author Colin Clifford of the University of Sydney had subjects imagine simple patterns ...
  • Men and women may need different diets: research

    ... and reproduction, says a team of scientists from UNSW, the University of Sydney and Massey University. "When it comes to choosing the right ... , Director of the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. "It may be, for example, that women ...
  • Good news for veggies

    ... Michael W. Allen (University of Sydney), Richa Gupta (University of Nashville), and Arnaud Monnier (National Engineer School for Food Industries ...

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