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High school students at the Nura Gili Indigenous Winter School Program.

A rocket has carried a bacterial experiment – and the aspirations of UNSW Science students – to new heights during the inaugural Australian Universities Rocket Competition. 

A newly identified mechanism that regulates a particular enzyme could lead to the development of new, cholesterol-lowering drugs.

A new UNSW Sydney study shows antibiotics and vaccines may be less effective against whooping cough as a new strain appears in China. 

“If you believe that you have come up with a technology you feel is for the greater good, then I think you should go for it.”

“My supervisor kept telling me that we were the first group in Australia to have done this. I guess being the first of anything tends to make people proud.”

“As scientific technologies develop, you can push the boundaries of the type of questions you can answer.”

“You’re not limited to academia, there are many fascinating roles out there.”

“With the thought that I can save the planet through green technology, I can channel my passions of science and business into something important.”

“I was thinking ‘What am I going to leave behind?’ and doing science seemed like a good way to be useful to humankind.”

Listen to Prof Peter While on Radio New Zealand - Taking a genetics fight to the Aussie Cane Toad.