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Space tablets splashdown on Earth
A batch of pills has returned to Earth after a year of being exposed to the environment inside the International Space Station (ISS). University of Adelaide researchers will check what the effects of some of the highest levels of radiation found beyond the Earth’s atmosphere have had on the tablets.
Buying bats on eBay? Your health could be at risk
New research on the trade of exotic animals explores the public health risks and the impact on animal populations and forest ecosystems.
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New partnership to focus on carbon capture and storage research
Chevron Australia is contributing more than AUD$2.45 million to support a new laboratory and new research positions in carbon storage engineering and science.
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Can we use urine to power batteries?
An international team of chemists have come a step closer with a new catalyst for urea reactions.
DNA traceability tools to help determine timber 'roots'
Researchers at the University of Adelaide in partnership with InterpreData and DoubleHelix Tracking Technologies, Singapore, have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program to develop scientific origin verification tools for global timber supply chains.
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Researchers on the hunt for missing critical minerals
Researchers on the hunt for why cold eclogites mysteriously disappeared from geological records during the early stages of the Earth’s development may have found the answer, and with it clues that could help locate critical minerals today.
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Breakthrough AgTech to improve lamb meat quality
In the sheep meat industry, the amount of intramuscular fat is a key indicator of eating quality, but can be particularly difficult to measure in lamb carcases, which are not individually graded.. until now.
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Regional communities take action to increase drought resilience
Hundreds of South Australian primary producers, industry representatives and regional community members have had their say about their priorities for building resilience to future droughts.
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2021 School of Agriculture, Food and Wine prize night
Winners announced from the 2021 School of Agriculture, Food and Wine prize night.
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The Peer Mentor program allows Construction students to make a positive impact
The sheer joy of helping and supporting people was the main motivator for international student Dev Upadhyay to join the International Peer Mentor program.
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