The world has more than enough food to end

UNSW's Brad Lorge takes us into "the wide-area pantry".

Everyone needs to eat, and everyone usually eats around the same time, so

UNSW's Chen Wang shares his recipe for better eating.

UNSW researchers are a step closer to proving whether explosives — rather than water — can be used to extinguish an out-of-control bushfire.

Dr Graham Doig, of the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, is conducting the research, which extends a long-standing technique used to put out oil well fires.

The process is not dissimilar to blowing out a candle: it relies on a blast of air to knock a flame off its fuel source.

Doig travelled to the Energetic Materials Research Testing Center — a high-explosives and bomb test site in a remote part of New Mexico — in January this year to scale up tests he originally conducted at UNSW's heat transfer and aerodynamics laboratory.

The New Mexico tests used a four-metre steel blast tube — which contained a cardboard cylinder wrapped in detonation cord — to produce a concentrated shockwave and rush of air. This was directed at a metre-high flame fuelled by a propane burner.

The sudden change in pressure across the shockwave, and then the impulse of the airflow behind it pushed the flame straight off the fuel source. As soon as the flame doesn't have access to fuel anymore, it stops burning.

Doig hopes the concept can now be scaled up to fight out-of-control forest and bushfires burning in remote parts of the world.

UNSW's Professor Emma Johnston on her work in marine ecology, inspiring a new generation of scientists and why diving in Sydney Harbour still gives her a buzz.

Professor Johnston is Director of UNSW's Sydney Harbour Research Program at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, and is the inaugural recipient of the Australian Academy of Science's Nancy Mills Medal for Women in Science.
Professor Johnston is one of the co-hosts of Coast Australia.

The UNSW Solar Racing Team, Sunswift, have raised the bar for solar powered vehicles with eVe, a sleek and sporty car built on the premise of practicality that could usher in a new era of sustainable driving in Australia.

These innovative electric vehicles are raced at the biannual World Solar Challenge, this year's competition features 40 teams from 23 coulntries.

The race spans a gruelling 3000km spanning across the harsh Australian desert. Sunswift have maintained an impressive track record at the event, with their previous car setting a Guinness World Record for the fastest solar-powered vehicle in 2011.

Sunswift consists of volunteer University students who passionately design, build and race extraordinary solar cars in the endless pursuit of a cleaner future.

So what do science and rock stars have in common? Quite a lot, if this once one-off science event is anything to go by.

For one night only, UNSW Science joins with Science Alert and I F***ing Love Science to present an evening of total geek-out - IFLS Live! at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.

Featuring Veratasium's Derek Muller, IFLS founder Elise Andrew, Henry Reich from Minute Physics, Carin Bondar of Wild Sex, UNSW's Andrea Morello, Destin from Smarter Every Day, Adam Spencer, Dr Karl and more…

A new method of recycling that combines different waste materials to come up with a new sustainable product. A win win for both business and the environment.

Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla's earlier work "From Shopping Bags to Steel" may be seen via the link at right of page.

Researchers at UNSW Australia have proposed a new way to distinguish between quantum bits that are placed only a few nanometres apart in a silicon chip, taking them a step closer to the construction of a large-scale quantum computer.

Associate Professor Sami Kara from UNSW's School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering on the 3D printer, and why it could lead to a new manufacturing world of "desktop factories."

An unmanned tractor and seeding machine developed by engineers at UNSW will improve agricultural productivity for broad acre farmers and enable cropping on upwards of 20 per cent more land.

The Smart Seeder, developed by Associate Professor Jay Katupitiya from UNSW's School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in partnership with the Grains Research Development Corporation (GRDC) uses advanced control systems and sensors to plant seeds and perform other tasks with a degree of accuracy previously not found in autonomous systems.

The research team behind the invention were finalists for the 2012 Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology. They are now working with the GRDC to pursue further development and commercial production.