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π₯±π§ Neuroscientists at #UNSW #Sydney used #MRI scans to show that yawning moves cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood out of the skull. The biological maneuver differs from deep breathing and suggests that yawning helps clear metabolic waste or cool the #brain.
π https://www.sciencealert.com/yawning-does-something-unexpected-in-your-brain-mri-scans-reveal
#sleep #biology #neuroscience #health #science #physiology #evolution #wellness
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π₯±π§ Neuroscientists at #UNSW #Sydney used #MRI scans to show that yawning moves cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood out of the skull. The biological maneuver differs from deep breathing and suggests that yawning helps clear metabolic waste or cool the #brain.
π https://www.sciencealert.com/yawning-does-something-unexpected-in-your-brain-mri-scans-reveal
#sleep #biology #neuroscience #health #science #physiology #evolution #wellness
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π₯±π§ Neuroscientists at #UNSW #Sydney used #MRI scans to show that yawning moves cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood out of the skull. The biological maneuver differs from deep breathing and suggests that yawning helps clear metabolic waste or cool the #brain.
π https://www.sciencealert.com/yawning-does-something-unexpected-in-your-brain-mri-scans-reveal
#sleep #biology #neuroscience #health #science #physiology #evolution #wellness
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π₯±π§ Neuroscientists at #UNSW #Sydney used #MRI scans to show that yawning moves cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood out of the skull. The biological maneuver differs from deep breathing and suggests that yawning helps clear metabolic waste or cool the #brain.
π https://www.sciencealert.com/yawning-does-something-unexpected-in-your-brain-mri-scans-reveal
#sleep #biology #neuroscience #health #science #physiology #evolution #wellness
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π₯±π§ Neuroscientists at #UNSW #Sydney used #MRI scans to show that yawning moves cerebrospinal fluid and venous blood out of the skull. The biological maneuver differs from deep breathing and suggests that yawning helps clear metabolic waste or cool the #brain.
π https://www.sciencealert.com/yawning-does-something-unexpected-in-your-brain-mri-scans-reveal
#sleep #biology #neuroscience #health #science #physiology #evolution #wellness
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βοΈ Need someone to help explain the wild #weather?
π¦ Chat to our #EXPERTSPOTLIGHT Prof Steven Sherwood from #UNSW
π He can help with all things #climate, and you can find his details here: https://www.scimex.org/experts?name=steven-sherwood&a=36384
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#NationalPressClub talk on #ABCNews #ABCTV #Australia Wednesday 25/2 entitled "AI, boom or doom", by the Professor of #AI at #UNSW, and I imagine will be available afterwards on #ABC #iView #ABCiView
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#NationalPressClub talk on #ABCNews #ABCTV #Australia Wednesday 25/2 entitled "AI, boom or doom", by the Professor of #AI at #UNSW, and I imagine will be available afterwards on #ABC #iView #ABCiView
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#NationalPressClub talk on #ABCNews #ABCTV #Australia Wednesday 25/2 entitled "AI, boom or doom", by the Professor of #AI at #UNSW, and I imagine will be available afterwards on #ABC #iView #ABCiView
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#NationalPressClub talk on #ABCNews #ABCTV #Australia Wednesday 25/2 entitled "AI, boom or doom", by the Professor of #AI at #UNSW, and I imagine will be available afterwards on #ABC #iView #ABCiView
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#NationalPressClub talk on #ABCNews #ABCTV #Australia Wednesday 25/2 entitled "AI, boom or doom", by the Professor of #AI at #UNSW, and I imagine will be available afterwards on #ABC #iView #ABCiView
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It's a wrap on our Wellington Caves fieldwork and filming about groundwater recharge. I have some superstar colleagues, happy to be filmed. Looking forward to see how all this looks.
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π¦ In the six months after COVID-19 infection, children have a higher risk of developing rare and serious heart inflammation, but the COVID vaccine does not have the same effect, according to the largest study of its kind, looking at the health records of almost all UK children (nearly 14 million). π§π§
Experts from #MonashUni, #BurnetInstitute #UQ #UNSW, and #KirbyInstitute respond to the report.
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Brainwave study sheds light on cause of βhearing voicesβ
A new study led by psychologists from #UNSW Sydney has provided the strongest evidence yet that #auditory verbal #hallucinations β or hearing voices β in #schizophrenia may stem from a disruption in the #brainβs ability to recognise its own inner voice.
https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/10/brainwave-eeg-study-sheds-light-hearing-voices-schizophrenia #science #psychology #neurology #health #medicine #MentalHealth #MentalIllness
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π Obesity and the health risks that go with it can be present even without a particularly high body weight, according to #CharlesSturtUni #westernsydneyu #UNSW #Macquarie_Uni #Sydney_Uni #Uni_Newcastle #MonashUni #Griffith_Uni
β¨Follow the link for more information on this storyβ¨
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/one-in-five-people-with-a-normal-bmi-could-have-obesity-and-the-risks-that-go-with-it#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #obesity #bmi
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It was 'student night' at IAH NSW in Sydney ( and online everywhere).
Thanks to Akhi Kumar, Danyang Sun, Nane Weber and Yaggesh Sharma for presenting their groundwater research.
I might have photobombed the official photo!
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It is IAH 'student night' next Tuesday in Sydney CBD, and there are #groundwater presentations from some of my #UNSW group. Open to all! Details are here:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/iah-nsw-committee-816481125_hi-all-we-are-under-a-week-away-from-out-activity-7381149150538600449-N0z- -
π± The Federal Government has published the final report of the independent Age Assurance Technology Trial, and experts from #RMIT #Uni_Newcastle #UNSW #Sydney_Uni #CurtinUni #Griffith_Uni #latrobe #UniMelb #Swinburne #ANUmedia respond
#science #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #learning #socialmedia #socialmediaban
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@appassionato @photography
The pollution in Sydney produces amazing sunsets.#UNSW Law library had a great view to the west through a small window.
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Toby Walsh on AI's vs intellectual property - #UNSW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puo6CmF5V58 -
Capital and Ideology: #ThomasPiketty interview 2021 #UNSW
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Kathleen Folbigg compensation payment opens dollar amount on wrongful imprisonment debate
Experts are calling for more transparency β¦
#NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #BobMoles #compensation #criminologist #DavidEastman #EileenBaldry #exgratiapayments #FlindersUniversity #KathleenFolbigg #legalexperts #LindyChamberlain #michaeldaley #NSWattorney-general #nswgovernment #RachelDioso-Villa #tracychapman #unsw #whywaskathleenfolbigggiven$2million #wrongfulconviction
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/54069/ -
π Drowning deaths decreased by 24.1% over 20 years, with the biggest fall seen among children aged 0-4 years, down by 59.2%, say #jcu and #UNSW
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/drownings-in-australia-have-fallen-by-a-quarter-over-20-years
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π§ #UNSW researchers have uncovered why some people persist in harmful behaviours β even when theyβve been shown where theyβre going wrong
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π©ββοΈ The Federal Court in Cairns will rule on a landmark case brought by two Torres Strait Islanders who have filed a lawsuit against the Australian Government for failing to protect the Torres Strait from climate change and #UniMelb #latrobe and #UNSW experts respond
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-australias-landmark-australian-climate-case
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π¦ A 26-year study by #UNSW and #UniofAdelaide at the Arid Recovery Reserve reveals how removing invasive predators like cats and foxes triggers a dramatic reshaping of desert small mammal communities
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/feral-free-zones-spark-small-mammal-boom-in-australian-desert
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Substance use was implicated in more than half of all adult drownings in baths or hot tubs in the last 10 years, according to #UNSW and #Sydney_Uni
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π Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine collapses, say #UQ and #UNSW
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/cyborg-beetles-could-revolutionise-urban-search-and-rescue
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π #UNSW #Sydney_Uni #CurtinUni #UTAS have revealed the alarming impact of heatwaves on pet dogs
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/extreme-heat-linked-to-increased-pet-dog-deaths
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New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Cosmology of the companion-axion model: Dark matter, gravitational waves, and primordial black holes
Zhe Chen, Archil Kobakhidze, Ciaran O'Hare, Zachary S. C. Picker, Giovanni Pierobon
SciPost Phys. 18, 175 (2025)
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#pinesofMastodon :ablobwavereverse: :blobheartraccoon: #botanybay #unsw
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π¨ New preprint π¨
Hydrology and cave (and cave hydrology!) enthusiasts may enjoy this preprint just posted today for community review in the #EGU journal #HESS. Led by former #UNSW student, Christina Song, with @Andbaker and myself, we looked at recharge thresholds (amount of precipitation needed for recharge to occur in a cave), and how they changed after a fire.
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-84/
The preprint is open now for community discussion, and will be accepting comments until 23 April.
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Great #PostDoc opportunity at #UNSW - the successful applicant will use climate model simulations to investigate the climate processes that lead to relationships between climate state, rainfall intensity, and groundwater recharge.
#ECR #ECRChat #AcademicChatter
https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/528547/research-associate
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This 'How to spot a rip' exercise from Prof Rob Brander at #UNSW is excellent.
Anyone who spends time at the beach should be able to ID a rip and know what to do if you get caught in one! In the immportal words of Douglas Adams - DON'T PANIC.
Quietly proud that I spotted all the rips, but living my whole life up until now on the coast, it would have been slightly embarrassing not to have!
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π TUTORIAL DETAILS - #LLMs, #LORA and #PEFT π
Join us at #ALTA2024 for a tutorial led by Dr Nicholas I-Hsien Kuo from the UNSW Centre for Big Data Research in Health, #UNSW Sydney.
π What Youβll Gain π
β‘οΈ Implement and evaluate PEFT and quantisation techniques.
β‘οΈ Fine-tune and deploy LLMs on hardware with limited resources.
β‘οΈ Optimise workflows for real-world applications without sacrificing performance.
π Register now! π
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Quaternary science in the news! Coastal peat found in southern Western Australia dated to >6 ka. Seems like a cool project involving Traditional Owners, archaeologists, and palaeoenvironmental scientists (including AQUA's president and manager of #UNSW #CHRONOS radiocarbon lab, Tim Barrows).
#AusQuaternary #palaeoenvironment #peat #Australia #WesternAustralia.
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Top Universities to Battle in Cybersecurity at UNSWβs Upcoming Australian Cybersecurity Games https://thecyberexpress.com/unsw-hosts-australian-cybersecurity-games/ #AustralianCybersecurityGames #cybersecurityprofessionals #UniversityofNewSouthWales #TheCyberExpressNews #CybersecurityNews #TheCyberExpress #FirewallDaily #UNSWSydney #UNSW
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Around 25 years ago, three researchers independently investigated how to automatically count water dripping from a cave roof onto a stalagmite. Dominique Gentry worked in Belgium, I worked in the UK, and Janece McDonald in Australia. There were proximity sensors, infrared beam splitters, pressure transducer, ....
Janece's experimental set up was left in Wollondilly Cave where it has been part of the cave tour for over two decades. Here it is, with one site restarted with Stalagmate (c) drip counter (there's a pressure transducer inside the box, recording when it senses the drip impact). Let's see how the hydrology has changed over 20 years later.
#research #hydrology #cavescience #groundwater #academia #Wombeyan #UNSW #caves
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Just published in Organic Geochemistry, "Fire-induced shifts in stalagmite organic matter mapped using Synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy", led by #ANSTO colleague Dr. Liza McDonough. We demonstrate for the first time that Synchrotron IRM is a promising non-destructive, high resolution (5 Β΅m) technique for analysing stalagmite organic matter. The paper can be found #OpenAccess here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2024.104842
#speleothem #stalagmite #organicMatter #pastClimate #geochemistry #UNSW
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PhD positions available
The Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship βCaves and their stalagmites: linking climate to groundwater rechargeβ awarded to Andy Baker (UNSW Sydney, Australia) has opportunities for PhD projects in the following areas. Positions are for start in 2025 or 2026 and will remain open until filled....
http://andy-baker.org/2024/07/17/phd-positions-available/
#PhD #science #climate #groundwater #hydrology #caves #stalagmites #UNSW #Sydney
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PhD positions available
The Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship βCaves and their stalagmites: linking climate to groundwater rechargeβ awarded to Andy Baker (UNSW Sydney, Australia) has opportunities for PhD projects in the following areas. Positions are for start in 2025 or 2026 and will remain open until filled....
http://andy-baker.org/2024/07/17/phd-positions-available/
#PhD #science #climate #groundwater #hydrology #caves #stalagmites #UNSW #Sydney
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PhD positions available
The Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship βCaves and their stalagmites: linking climate to groundwater rechargeβ awarded to Andy Baker (UNSW Sydney, Australia) has opportunities for PhD projects in the following areas. Positions are for start in 2025 or 2026 and will remain open until filled....
http://andy-baker.org/2024/07/17/phd-positions-available/
#PhD #science #climate #groundwater #hydrology #caves #stalagmites #UNSW #Sydney
