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New cohort on course to make history

Posted on Jan 17 2022 by Crispin Savage

Young achievers are embracing the next stage of their lives by taking up places in programs at the ��˴�Ƭ that will set them up as leaders of the future. Demand for programs in core areas such as health remains strong, and the University continues to focus on catering for the need for professionals in cutting-edge hi-tech industries such as cyber security.

Researchers discover a new approach to breaking bacterial antibiotic resistance and rescue frontline drug treatments

Posted on Jan 14 2022 by Kelly Brown

Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), The University of Queensland, Griffith University, The ��˴�Ƭ, and St Jude Children’s Research Hospital (USA), have unlocked a key to making existing frontline antibiotics work again against the deadly bacteria that cause pneumonia.

Partnership focuses on cutting-edge glass technology

Glass developed by IPAS for the image chamber of Coretec’s CSpace 3D volumetric display.

Posted on Jan 12 2022 by Crispin Savage

The ��˴�Ƭ’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) has partnered with The Coretec Group, Inc. to develop a glass to be used in the US company’s CSpace, a 3D static volumetric display technology. This project will be jointly funded by the ��˴�Ƭ.

Medical research funding to treat debilitating diseases

Posted on Jan 10 2022 by Kelly Brown

The ��˴�Ƭ has been awarded more than $6.6 million in research grants from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) to support targeted research on new ways to treat chronic and life-limiting diseases.

Older Australians beat the heat at home

Image of older person beating the heat at home

Posted on Jan 10 2022 by Kelly Brown

Researchers at the ��˴�Ƭ have developed a guide for older South Australians to help them to keep the temperature in their homes comfortable during summer and winter.

Grants pave the way for further discovery

Posted on Jan 6 2022 by Crispin Savage

Twenty-two grants totalling $10,189,703 have been awarded to ��˴�Ƭ researchers from the Federal Government to further their work in diverse areas that will impact people’s lives in Australia and globally.

Witness competence law in the dock

The SALRI team who are working on witness competence laws

Posted on Jan 6 2022 by Crispin Savage

The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the ��˴�Ƭ is inviting views from the community and interested parties as part of its review of the State’s laws regarding the competence of witnesses.

Solving the disappearance of bears and lions with ancient DNA

Posted on Jan 4 2022 by Kelly Brown

An international team of researchers led by the ��˴�Ƭ, suggest a change in climate is the likely cause of the mysterious disappearance of ancient lions and bears from parts of North America for a thousand years or more prior to the last Ice Age.

Is energy the key to Alzheimer’s disease?

Posted on Dec 24 2021 by Kelly Brown

A team of researchers at the ��˴�Ƭ has found a link between the way that cells produce energy for brain function and the mutated genes found in Alzheimer’s disease.

Australian doctors prescribing benzos for longer periods than recommended

The study found that in new benzodiazepines and Z-drugs users, prescribing lasts 11 months on average, which is 11 times longer than the current recommendation of no more than 4 weeks.

Posted on Dec 23 2021 by Elisa Black

Australian doctors are prescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs for longer periods than recommended, researchers from the ��˴�Ƭ have found.