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Flinders Ranges rocks reveal Earth’s secrets
The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today.
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Combatting child sex abuse: Research Tuesdays
Disturbingly, there is considerable evidence to suggest global demand for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is growing.
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On a mission to discover unknown Australian species
Insect expert Dr Erinn Fagan-Jeffries from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s School of Biological Sciences, has thrown her support behind a new mission launched by the Australian Academy of Science’s Taxonomy Australia, to discover and document all unknown Australian species by 2050.
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Insights into continuous waves from neutron stars
Australian Researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) team, which includes scientists from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, are close to detecting a new type of gravitational wave, which could provide insights into one of the strangest things in the Universe.
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SA to host global wheat community
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ in partnership with the Adelaide Convention Bureau and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) has been part of a successful bid to host the International Wheat Congress 2024 in Adelaide.
Pills prepare for life outside ISS
Pills sent into space by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ are being prepared to be installed outside the International Space Station (ISS).
Inaugural Rover Challenge proves a winner
Rover teams competed in four challenges at the inaugural Australian Rover Challenge (ARC) on North Terrace campus on 27 and 28 March.
Lifetime of mathematical achievement recognised
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Professor Mathai Varghese FAA has been awarded the prestigious Hannan Medal by the Australian Academy of Science for his career-long outstanding contributions in the field of geometric analysis.
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COVID app tool accepted to prestigious software engineering conference
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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Robotics students face final challenge
A team of undergraduate and honours students from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been selected to go through to the final stage of the NASA Space Robotics Challenge. They are the only Australian team to have made it through to the final.
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