Global water supplies are shrinking, even as rainfall is rising. The culprit? The drying of soils due to climate change

A single mitochondrial DNA mutation common in animals could play a role in obesity and other health problems associated with a diet high in carbohydrates

UNSW scientists have shown for the first time that a series of high-profile burial sites in the Pacific, Mediterranean, and northern Scotland were likely related to catastrophic tsunamis

Researchers connect the data to show an accelerating trend for marine heatwaves in our oceans

Researchers have found that two genes switch off the fetal hemoglobin gene by binding directly to it

In a research collaboration with Sydney Water, the team has demonstrated the success of the approach in laboratory tests on filtered water from the Nepean Water Filtration Plant in western Sydney

A reimagining of today's computer chips by Australian and Dutch engineers shows how a quantum computer can be manufactured—using mostly standard silicon technology

How heatwaves will change around the world for every 1°C increase in global average temperatures

Normally harmless bacteria can cause bleaching disease in seaweeds when the "trees of the ocean" become stressed by high water temperatures, UNSW researchers have discovered

Previously top-secret semiconductor technology zooms through organs of the human body, down to the level of a single cell