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Australia's deadliest snakes arrived by sea
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
Are you a breast cancer survivor and do you forget things?
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New research puts bugs to the taste test
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
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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Vines strike a pose for the new VitiCanopy app
New upgrades to VitiCanopy, the mobile app that helps grapegrowers manage their vineyards more effectively.
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Roadmap for a better, greener, marine aquaculture sector
It’s one of the world’s fastest growing food industries and, with the introduction of some new strategies investigated by researchers at the University of Adelaide and The Nature Conservancy, marine aquaculture could soon be one of its greenest.
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Citizens recruited to unlock the secret lives of echidnas
The largest ever number of echidna sightings across Australia will aid in the conservation of this iconic mammal.
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Do fungicides in the vineyard affect wine quality?
How does a crucial viticultural practice that occurs throughout the growing season, affect wine quality? Wine researcher Natalia Caliani wants to know.
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Superabsorption unlocks key to next generation quantum batteries
University of Adelaide scientists and their overseas partners have taken a key step in making quantum batteries a reality.
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Researchers discover a new approach to breaking bacterial antibiotic resistance and rescue frontline drug treatments
In a world first, scientists have discovered how to repurpose a molecule called PBT2 – originally developed as a potential treatment for disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases – to break bacterial resistance to commonly used frontline antibiotics.
