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Critical mass of talent and expertise

Professor Carl Spandler (right) and Professor Nigel Cook

Ongoing and secure supply of critical minerals is essential to the transition to a high-tech and clean energy world.

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More than enough yard to have your lawn and eat too

Back yard in Adelaide's south west demonstrates having a lawn and growing a self-sustainable vegetable supply

Research led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has found in a case study of Adelaide properties, households would need to give up less than a quarter of their domestic lawn areas to grow enough vegetables to become self-sufficient.

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First ever remote sinus surgical training

Surgeons undertaking training at Hokkaido University

³ÉÈË´óƬ experts have delivered the world’s first remote sinus surgical training to surgeons in Japan.

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COVID app tool accepted to prestigious software engineering conference

Tracing phone app

The COVIDGuardian tool, an automated security and privacy assessment tool that tests contact tracing apps for security weaknesses, has been accepted to the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2021.

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Uni of Adelaide’s cyber expertise rises to world’s top 100

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The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has scored another top 100 world university ranking – in Computer Science, a field critical to South Australia’s economic future.

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Experts’ recommendations become landmark law

Scales of Justice

With the successful passing of abortion legislation in the South Australian Parliament, the State’s abortion laws have been ‘brought into the 21st century’. Recommendations made by legal experts from the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Adelaide Law School, have led to historic changes to the law.

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Well may we dwell: Research Tuesdays

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Australia’s housing has proven to be an invaluable public health asset during the pandemic. It has enabled many of us to isolate, work and school our children in relative comfort, free from the risk of viral exposure.

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Supporting the recovery of Adelaide Hills wildlife

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Wildlife ecologist Dr Jasmin Packer from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Biological Sciences, has lent her voice to the long-haul recovery of the habitat devastated by the recent Adelaide Hills bushfire, which is home to endangered species and wildlife. 

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$28.9M MRFF grant revolutionises lung function scanning

Students at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ's North Terrace campus

The Australian Lung Health Initiative - a joint venture between 4DMedical, the ³ÉÈË´óƬ and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) - has been granted $28.9 million in funding from the Australian Federal Government's Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontier Health and Medical Research initiative.

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Don’t focus on genetic diversity to save our species

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Scientists at the ³ÉÈË´óƬ have challenged the common assumption that genetic diversity of a species is a key indicator of extinction risk. 

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