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Precision measurement with a light touch

Glass developed by IPAS for the image chamber of Coretec’s CSpace 3D volumetric display.

Precision measurement with a light touch In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work.

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Mechanical engineering PhD concept developed for use in medical clinical trials

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Dr Oveis Pourmehran’s tale is one of innovation, dedication and success.

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Searching for indigenous yeasts to create tastier wine

Natalia Caliani drinking wine

Yeasts are everywhere - these blessed creatures are the building blocks for a party, writes Natalia Caliani.

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'Lifestyle' wines could deliver hundreds of jobs to SA

Winery photo

Low and no-alcohol wine products could bring more than 500 jobs and add $64 million a year to South Australia’s economy.

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Fossil discovery rewrites history of modern human arrival in Europe

Martina Demuro field work

Human occupation in Europe was almost 10,000 years earlier than previously documented, a discovery that stands to rewrite modern human and Neanderthal histories on the continent.

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Funding support to discover ways to block the migration of T-cells responsible for MS

Lymphocyte closeup view of t-cell or b-cell

University of Adelaide Research Fellow, Dr Iain Comerford has secured funding from Multiple Sclerosis Australia to further his research into the factors that influence specific immune cell (T cell) migration into the bloodstream and the brain in people who have MS.

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The lure of beauty and purpose in physics

Associate Professor Yan Jiao

Physics is not only practical, but elegant too.

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50 regional and remote schools embark on a mission to uncover new insect species

Fly insect investigators - Erinn Fagan-Jeffries

Schools across South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia will document their local insect biodiversity and discover new insects in their area.

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Spotlight on Vivien Heng this International Day of Women and Girls in Science

photo of vivien heng

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science we’re shining a spotlight on one of our brilliant Mathematical and Computer Sciences students, Vivien Heng.

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Australia's deadliest snakes arrived by sea

Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus) Credit: Max Tibby- Snake Catchers Adelaide

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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