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AFR awards University’s research commercialisation prowess
As part of its annual Higher Education Awards, the Australian Financial Review has acknowledged the University of Adelaide’s industry connections with an award for Research Commercialisation for its work with University spin-off company QuantX Labs.
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Leap for immersive innovation with new AI/VR lab
One of Australia’s most advanced laboratories for immersive virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and simulation research has launched at the University of Adelaide.
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Help create a world-first Long COVID diagnostic test
Researchers are seeking participants for a trial which could help create the world's first Long COVID diagnostic test.
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Antarctica’s changing threat landscape underscores the need for coordinated action
In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and future-proof Antarctic governance by responding to emerging conservation threats with coordinated, proactive measures.
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Critically endangered plains-wanderer found in unfamiliar territory
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found a critically endangered bird known as the ‘Goldilocks’ of the grasslands in a previously unrecorded habitat niche in South Australia.
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Arctic reindeer populations could decline by 80 per cent by 2100
Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years.
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Our Poppies the pick of the bunch
University of Adelaide marine ecologist Dr Nina Wootton has been named South Australia’s Young Tall Poppy of the Year
Understanding the maternal microbiome
The microbiome -- the trillions of bacteria, fungi and viruses both good and bad living in your body -- and the role it plays in women's health is the focus of this month's University of Adelaide Research Tuesdays lecture.
Students gear up for world solar car challenge
Using a fully solar-powered vehicle built from scratch, university students will race across Australia as part of the world’s biggest solar car challenge aimed to foster sustainable transport innovation.
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New process turns PFAS pollutant into fluoride
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have developed a sunlight-activated material that can degrade per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water, breaking down the pollutant into harmless components, including fluoride.
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