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News • 23 Aug 2013

Carbon Capture

$9 million for pilot plant to trial new carbon capture technology

News • 19 Aug 2013

Scholars shortlisted for awards

University of Newcastle scholars shortlisted for awards

News • 16 Aug 2013

$300,000 for secure communications research

University of Newcastle wins $300,000 to make digital communications secure by

News • 13 Aug 2013

MR centre announced

Magnetic Resonance centre to boost medical research, by the University of Newcastle

News • 12 Aug 2013

Leapfrogging extinction

'Leapfrogging extinction' is today's centre stage science achievement for Science Week

News • 09 Aug 2013

Spotlight on science

Remarkable science innovations at the University of Newcastle

News • 06 Aug 2013

Waking the dead?

Not content with saving lives, doctors are now credited with (accused of?) bringing the dead back to life. But how true are the stories we hear about people “co

News • 06 Aug 2013

Calorie restriction increases longevity – or does it?

By Surinder Baines, University of NewcastleHere's an interesting stat to bring up at the dinner table: for each human cell …

News • 29 Jul 2013

Acclaim for researchers

University of Newcastle researchers have won two awards at the National Preventative Health Awards presented at the National Preventive Health Symposium

News • 23 Jul 2013

Medical innovation

University researcher’s antibiotic device to improve home healthcare

News • 23 Jul 2013

Leading the bid for a Cooperative Research Centre for Wildlife Biodiversity

The University of Newcastle is leading a Trans-Tasman consortium bid for a Cooperative Research Centre for Wildlife Biodiversity (Wildlife Biodiversity CRC)

News • 22 Jul 2013

Shakespeare and cancer diagnoses: how bard can it be?

Shakespeare’s plays and cancer: two seemingly unrelated topics with an underlying common thread.

Events

Event

I&E Academy: FinTech: AI, Tokenisation & the Future of Digital Currency Symposium

Join the I&E Academy for the latest Impact by Design Symposium, exploring how AI, blockchain and tokenisation are reshaping digital finance. This symposium brings industry and research perspectives together through Design Science Research.

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When Thursday 24 September 2026
9:45am - 11:45am
Location  NUSpace

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AI for Health Innovators: Practical Tools, Real Limits

A hands on two hour workshop on using AI in your innovation work, and knowing where it stops being safe to.

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When Thursday 24 September 2026
11:30am - 6:00pm

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In person

What is the Future of the Humanities? Panel presentation and networking

Join us for a chaired panel discussion exploring the current state, and possible futures, of the humanities in universities.

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When Thursday 8 October 2026
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location  NUSpace

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Event

Public talk: Anticipation, Hesitation and Disastrous Futures

In this talk, the HESTIA Lab engages with different, often contrasting, ways of how people prepare for and respond to looming disastrous futures.

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When Monday 12 October 2026
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location  NUSpace

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GFF26: Acropolis Cats and Other Wondrous Animals

Exploring the lives of stray cats in Athens and beyond.

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When Tuesday 27 October 2026
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location  Tower Cinemas Newcastle | 183 King St, Newcastle NSW 2300

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Works In Practice Muster 4

A new research collective at the University of Newcastle that aims to foster a supportive and collaborative community of practice.

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When Friday 13 November 2026
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location  NUSpace

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