News: Research
Precision measurement with a light touch
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Precision measurement with a light touch In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work.
Searching for indigenous yeasts to create tastier wine
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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
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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
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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.
50 regional and remote schools embark on a mission to uncover new insect species
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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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Australia's deadliest snakes arrived by sea
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New research led by the University of Adelaide has found the first tangible evidence that the ancestors of some of Australia’s most venomous snakes arrived by sea rather than by land.
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Chemobrain: 1 in 3 breast cancer survivors suffer from cognitive impairment
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Are you a breast cancer survivor and do you forget things?
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New research puts bugs to the taste test
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New research to develop more accurate and consumer friendly descriptions for one of the most sustainable and high protein food sources on the planet, edible insects.
First-time study shows true value of SA’s parks
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South Australia’s parks are quickly becoming the jewel in the crown of the state’s tourism offering with a new report highlighting the economic worth on top of the conservation value.
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