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Undersold: Climate change threats much greater than reports
A new study has revealed that the language used by the global climate change watchdog, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is overly conservative.
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How (and why) to stay optimistic when it feels like the environment is falling apart
New research outlines steps to usefully combine optimism with pessimism when talking about environmental conservation.
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Australia’s drought could be increasing Q fever risk, but there are ways we can protect ourselves
With several hundred cases diagnosed each year, Australia has one of the highest rates of Q fever worldwide.
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Research to clear the air on smoke taint in wine
Researchers are investigating whether smoke from stubble burning has any effect on wine grapes.
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From the lab bench to the clinic: Pneumonia vaccine shows commercialisation strengths
Commercialisation potential of Faculty of Sciences’ research is in the spotlight after the development of a new pneumonia vaccine.
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World rankings: veterinary science breaks into top 50
Veterinary science, taught at Roseworthy campus, is a stand-out result in a suite of impressive results in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
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Conservation of threatened flora species inspires street art
Scientists are helping save a threatened native plant and art is helping raise awareness about it.
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PhD research a global game changer for chicken breeding
$35K Gary Sansom Scholarship was awarded to Joshua Angove for his research on the influence of the maternal environment on how meat chickens grow.
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Photonics & space internships await physics student
New Colombo Plan Scholarship recipient Rhona Hamilton has sights on her internships at the University of Tokyo and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.
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African origins of giant extinct New Zealand bird revealed
Scientists have revealed the African origins of New Zealand’s most mysterious giant flightless bird – the now extinct adzebill – showing that some of its closest living relatives are the pint-sized flufftails from Madagascar and Africa.
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