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Showcasing the creativity of our future workforce
A team of ³ÉÈË´óƬ students has produced a new festival, which fuses technology and art, for South Australia.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could deepen economic scars
While South Australia’s economy is recovering strongly, the slow vaccine roll-out is a significant threat to the nation’s ongoing ability to weather the long-term effects of the pandemic. Some sectors of the economy will be scarred by the effects of prolonged border closures.
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Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards
Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade.
New training centre focuses on optimising mining
A new training centre will deliver the next generation of scientists and engineers in sensors, data analytics and artificial intelligence to increase value in the mining and processing of complex resources.
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Experts refute River Murray estuary claims
A team of scientists, led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Associate Professor John Tibby, has confirmed that the lower River Murray was not an estuary in the mid-Holocene period (more than 7000 years ago) – reinforcing scientific evidence likely to influence important river management policy decisions.
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Optical imaging and battery technology focus for Laureates
Two ³ÉÈË´óƬ scientists have been awarded prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships by the Australian Research Council. Professor Kishan Dholakia will undertake research into wide-field optical imaging and Professor Zaiping Guo will work on pushing the boundaries of battery technology.
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Slowing the sugar rush to yield better grapes
One of the many challenges for grape growers posed by climate change is the accelerated rate at which grapes ripen in warmer climates, which can result in poor colour and aroma development.
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National research centre signals cleaner future for heavy industry
Australia’s leading companies in the heavy industrial sector will embark on a program that will enable a step-change in the rate at which they transition toward zero net-carbon emissions through the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre ().
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Success for Adelaide-led medical research
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded more than $8.8 million in research grants from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) to support targeted research on new ways to address risk factors for chronic and complex diseases.
First detection of a collision between a neutron star and a black hole
A team of international scientists including experts from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has revealed an entirely new phenomenon in the Universe. They have detected the death spiral and merger of the two of the most extreme objects in the Universe, a neutron star and a black hole.
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