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Complete Issue—JProcRSNSW, Vol. 158, Part 2, December 2025

ISSN (online): 2653-1305

Contents

Editorial

Robert E. Marks.
Editorial: The invention of Wi-Fi in Sydney.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 165–167

Presidential Paper

Susan Pond.
Biotechnology: a revolution in progress.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 168–175

Great N.S.W.Discoveries 2

John O'Sullivan and Terry Percival.
Wires, wi-fi and the future.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 176–191

Papers

Steven Hamilton and Richard Holden.
The COVID-19 pandemic: losing the race.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 192–215

Tim Stephens.
The Big Thaw: who governs Antarctica's ice?
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 216–226

David Hush.
Mozart's secular trinity.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 227–229

Erik W. Aslaksen.
Society and information.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 230–238

Robert and Christine Clancy.
History of western science: A tour sponsored by the Royal Society of NSW and the State Library of NSW, 2019; 28 moments.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 239–263

Ph.D. Thesis Abstracts

Julie Cowan.
Promoting quality teaching in Albanian schools: where political history and pedagogy meet.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 264–265

Lillian De Ceuninck Van Capelle.
Divergent synthesis of heterocycles using dinitrobenzyl chloride analogues.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 266–267

Lyra Egan.
Understanding and preventing poor diet, alcohol use, tobacco smoking and vaping among adolescents from low socioeconomic and remoteness areas through eHealth interventions.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 268–269

Melissa Gutberlet.
Bridging the gap: A macro level approach to assessing and advancing the circular economy.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 270–271

Alexander Hahn.
Efficient control and simulation of quantum dynamics.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 272–273

Dominic Kaul.
Molecular, morphological, and functional profiling of human astrocytes in stress-related psychiatric disorders.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 274–275

Cody Lewis.
On the security and robustness of federated learning with application to smart grid infrastructures.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 276–278

Natasha Pocovi.
Preventing low back-pain recurrence.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 279–280

Constance Rambourg.
Navigating blue colonialism: the case of large-scale marine protected areas in overseas territories.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 281–282

Joshua Starrett.
Application of the REFLUX™ Classifier in the hydrodynamic classification of minerals by particle size.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 283–284

Lillian Tait.
Olagija Research: A collaborative journey in relational truth-telling.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 285–286

Guoliang Wang.
Efficient perovskite single junction and perovskite silicon double junction solar cells.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 287

Xiaobo Xia.
Data-efficient and generalizable machine learning in complex environments.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 288

Obituaries

Robert Clancy.
Thomas Julius Borody FRSN (1950-2025)
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 289–291

Rob Knott.
Benno Paul Schoenborn (1936-2025).
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 292

2025 Royal Society Proceedings


2025 Royal Society Award winners; 2025 Events; 2025 Gazetted Fellows.
Journal & Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 158: 293–307

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