News: Research
Tectonic time-lapse: One billion years of Earth’s history in 40 seconds
Adelaide scientists are part of an international research team that has published the first full tectonic plate reconstruction of the last billion years.
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High CO2 to slow tropical fish move to cooler waters
Ocean acidification predicted under continuing high CO2 emissions may make cooler, temperate waters less welcoming to tropical fish.
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Science awards celebrate academic, student and staff success
The recent Faculty of Sciences’ awards showcase celebrated research, teaching, leadership, professional staff and student success.
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Students and graduates leading backyard biodiversity and citizen science
Ever wanted to attract native reptiles, bees and birds to your backyard?
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Fish have bigger sex organs and more reproductive success in acidic oceans
Some species of fish will have higher reproductive capacity because of larger sex organs, under the more acidic oceans of the future.
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Ancient DNA research reveals evolutionary secrets of Game of Thrones dire wolves
University of Adelaide scientists have sequenced the ancient DNA of dire wolf fossils for the first time and uncovered new secrets of the animal made famous by the TV show Game of Thrones.
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Genomics milestone: Scientists uncover genomes of platypus and echidna
University of Adelaide scientists have produced the first ever echidna genome and a greatly improved, high-quality platypus genome sequence.
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COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway
14 dogs have begun their training as COVID-19 detector dogs.
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Ecologist Samantha Munroe named Superstar of STEM
School of Biological Sciences and TERN researcher joins latest cohort of brilliant women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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Marine creatures with incredible vision drove an evolutionary arms race
Palaeontologists have helped shed an evolutionary light on a 500-million-year-old deep sea creature.
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