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Letting faeces provide the facts
Known in the scientific world as scat or faeces, poo can give a lot of very important information about an animal. This explains why Dr Tahlia Perry called on people nationwide to send her some.
Esteemed lecturers inspire a career in STEM
Michelle Guzik sat up and listened at university. And the impact of those lectures has never left her.
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Precision measurement with a light touch
Precision measurement with a light touch In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work.
Mechanical engineering PhD concept developed for use in medical clinical trials
Dr Oveis Pourmehran’s tale is one of innovation, dedication and success.
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Searching for indigenous yeasts to create tastier wine
Yeasts are everywhere - these blessed creatures are the building blocks for a party, writes Natalia Caliani.
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'Lifestyle' wines could deliver hundreds of jobs to SA
Low and no-alcohol wine products could bring more than 500 jobs and add $64 million a year to South Australia’s economy.
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Fossil discovery rewrites history of modern human arrival in Europe
Human occupation in Europe was almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human and Neanderthal histories on the continent.
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Funding support to discover ways to block the migration of T-cells responsible for MS
University of Adelaide Research Fellow, Dr Iain Comerford has secured funding from Multiple Sclerosis Australia to further his research into the factors that influence specific immune cell (T cell) migration into the bloodstream and the brain in people who have MS.
The lure of beauty and purpose in physics
Physics is not only practical, but elegant too.
50 regional and remote schools embark on a mission to uncover new insect species
Schools across South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia will document their local insect biodiversity and discover new insects in their area.
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