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Diabetes SA grants improve future health outcomes

Rebecca Thomson and Stephen Kidd

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers focusing on improving the health outcomes of people with diabetes have been granted funding by Diabetes SA.

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Confirmed link between maternal asthma and child allergies

Health professional holding stethoscope on pregnant woman's stomach.

For the first time, researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Queensland have confirmed maternal asthma increases risks of child allergies.

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Nobel Laureate’s life achievements celebrated

Dr J Robin Warren after receiving his Honorary Doctorate in 2006. Photo: GFP Studios

Nobel Laureate, Dr John Robin Warren AC, has passed away aged 87.

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AI partnership takes a step in the Ryght direction

Simon Arkell and Mark Hutchinson at IPAS

As part of a burgeoning strategic partnership, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and California-based leading enterprise generative AI (GenAI) technology company Ryght have signed an MOU that will help to lift South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s capability in the artificial intelligence sector.

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Copper consortium’s lasting impact on mining industry

Copper

A South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n-based consortium of universities including the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has worked with METS partners, mining companies and key stakeholders to unlock significant economic potential. Innovative research projects have increased copper recovery, throughput and production, resulting in millions of dollars’ worth of potential benefit to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.

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New Zealand’s flightless birds are retreating to moa refuges

Crested Moa. Pachyornis australis. From the series- ExSnct Birds of New Zealand., 2005, Masterton, by Paul MarSnson. Te Papa (2006-0010-1-19)

Researchers have found New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct.

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The ocean is becoming too loud for oysters

A native oyster bed on an urbanised coast credit Dominic McAfee

Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical process.

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New funding to combat youth extremism in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥

Students at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's North Terrace campus

Funding has been awarded for an ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n-first ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide project analysing the digital pathways of violent extremism in young ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ns, creating a better understanding of the risks and influences of online communities.

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Experts available to comment on Olympics topics

Runner crouching on track

Paris 2024 begins this week, and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has a knowledgeable team of experts who have trained their brains to be in prime form to provide expert comment on a range of sports- and Olympics-related topics.

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Monotremes are unique, inside and out

Echidna credit Enguerrand Blanchy

The identification of a key gene in monotremes has increased our understanding of why the stomachs of platypuses and echidnas are atypically small, non-acidic, and, in the instance of platypuses, lack a pyloric sphincter.

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