SydneySCIENCE Highlights
SydneySCIENCE, a new book produced by the Faculty of Science, highlights the exciting breadth of research across the Faculty, focusing on multidisciplinary approaches to research in cancer, materials science, genetics and environmental sustainability. Launched in May 2009, the book showcases how scientists from different Schools within the Faculty are working together to investigate a range of scientific phenomena.
Click on the links below to read extracts from the book. To read the complete articles, order a free copy of SydneySCIENCE.
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Food for thought - obesity, anorexia and diabetes: developing a new appetite |
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Living with a changing environment: keeping biodiversity alive |
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Asking the hard questions: historians, scientists and the direction of medicine |
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Field of vision: adventures in astronomy |
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Making light work of communications: the evolution of photonics |
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Geological time machines: looking back to take us forward |
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To catch a killer: keeping cancer on the run |
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Designer drugs: new advances in drug development |
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Inner space to outer space: the fantastic voyage |
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Creatures of habit: the persistent problem of instincts |
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A material world: the future of our material world |
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Cracking the code: mathematics and the art of organisation |
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From molecules to medicine: starting small, thinking big |
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Passing the baton: shaping the scientific thinkers of tomorrow |
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Sustaining our uncertain future: science to save the planet |
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Understanding life's recipe book: genetic jigsaws |