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Disposing bad habits: New research aims to improve household bin behaviour
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Researchers set to learn more about household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill.
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Nicolas Baudin paid internships in France now open
The program offers students from participating Australian universities the opportunity to undertake a research internship of 3-6 months at a French host university in collaboration with an industry partner. Applications close 15 June.
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Dr Abbas Taheri newly appointed president of ISRM
Congratulations to Dr Abbas Taheri on being appointed as the president of the Commission on Deep Mining of the International Society for Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (ISRM).
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Scientists in the news this week: May 15, 2020
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Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists use novel remote sensing techniques to map ancient Aboriginal ‘tool-stone’ resources
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University of Adelaide remote sensing research features on the cover of the journal Geoarchaeology.
Internships: the Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector is looking for you!
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APRintern opportunities for PhD students
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New research shows zoonotic virus prevalence in Adelaide's Grey-headed flying foxes
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Scientists discover that the risk of lyssavirus transmission from South Australia's population of Grey-headed flying fox is lower than anticipated.
Ancient DNA researchers surprised by genetic continuity of Andes civilisations
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The first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America has uncovered some surprising results.
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