News: Research
Buying bats on eBay? Your health could be at risk
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New research on the trade of exotic animals explores the public health risks and the impact on animal populations and forest ecosystems.
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Can we use urine to power batteries?
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An international team of chemists have come a step closer with a new catalyst for urea reactions.
DNA traceability tools to help determine timber 'roots'
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide in partnership with InterpreData and DoubleHelix Tracking Technologies, Singapore, have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Global Innovation Linkages Program to develop scientific origin verification tools for global timber supply chains.
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Researchers on the hunt for missing critical minerals
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Researchers on the hunt for why cold eclogites mysteriously disappeared from geological records during the early stages of the Earth’s development may have found the answer, and with it clues that could help locate critical minerals today.
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Breakthrough AgTech to improve lamb meat quality
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In the sheep meat industry, the amount of intramuscular fat is a key indicator of eating quality, but can be particularly difficult to measure in lamb carcases, which are not individually graded.. until now.
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Regional communities take action to increase drought resilience
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Hundreds of South Australian primary producers, industry representatives and regional community members have had their say about their priorities for building resilience to future droughts.
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New citizen science project to create a buzz in rural Australian schools
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School students will be able to document their local insect biodiversity and potentially discover new species in their area, as part of a new project led by SA Museum and University of Adelaide scientists.
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Ali Gill’s unlikely journey to a hemp PhD
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When Ali Gill enrolled in a science degree, she never thought she’d go on to pursue a PhD to determine the drought tolerance and water use efficiency of industrial hemp.
Fluorescent cells could be key to cancer diagnosis
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Scientists are a step closer to creating a fluorescent sensor that detects cancerous cells, which could become a new tool in the early identification of cancer.
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Tall Poppy awards for Uni of Adelaide researchers
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Five University of Adelaide researchers have won 2021 South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
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