Apple’s Market Cap Is About to Surpass French Stock Market

Apple’s Market Cap Is About to Surpass French Stock Market

Apple Inc., the globe’s top publicly traded company, continues to enjoy sustained market success. Apple set another record high as trading sessions concluded on Thursday, bringing its market capitalization to a staggering $3.1 trillion — a figure now rivaling the total market value of France’s entire stock market, which stood at roughly $3.2 trillion, Bloomberg … Read more

New perspective on limits of survival and liveability in extreme heat

New perspective on limits of survival and liveability in extreme heat

The current 35 degrees Celsius wet-bulb temperature limit recommended for human survival is conservative as it doesn’t take into consideration individual variables or how humans live and work in the heat, according to new research led by the University of Sydney and Arizona State University. The modelling study, published in Nature Communications, proposes a new … Read more

Quantum tech for health: Sydney team wins Wellcome Leap contract

Quantum tech for health: Sydney team wins Wellcome Leap contract

Professor Pablo Fernandez Peñas (left), Associate Professor Ivan Kassal and Dr Tingrei Tan in the Sydney Nanoscience Hub. Photo: Stefanie Zingsheim A team at the University of Sydney Nano Institute led by Dr Tingrei Tan has been awarded a contract by US-based non-profit organisation Wellcome Leap to develop useful quantum technology for application in the … Read more

Three Sydney researchers win NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering

Three Sydney researchers win NSW Premier’s Prizes for Science and Engineering

Dr Chang Xu. Artificial intelligence sits at the forefront of innovation. However, the environmental impact of AI is large, and obtaining state-of-the-art AI models produces the equivalent of an average car’s five-year emissions. Dr Chang Xu is committed to reducing the environmental footprint of AI by developing new ways to build next-generation systems that are … Read more