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Scientists in the news this week: May 29, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Evolution of colour vision in sea snakes
New research suggests sea snakes’ vision has been modifying genetically over millions of generations, enabling them to adapt to new environments and see prey – and predators – deep below the sea surface.
A return to the wild for better immune health
Revegetation of green spaces within cities can improve soil microbiota diversity resulting in human health benefits, researchers say.
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Scientists in the news this week: May 22, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
Palaeontologists have found fossils of a huge extinct animals that answer, but also pose new questions in the megafauna extinction debate.
Disposing bad habits: New research aims to improve household bin behaviour
Researchers set to learn more about household behaviours around food waste in order to reduce the amount of food sent to landfill.
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Scientists in the news this week: May 15, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists use novel remote sensing techniques to map ancient Aboriginal ‘tool-stone’ resources
University of Adelaide remote sensing research features on the cover of the journal Geoarchaeology.
New research shows zoonotic virus prevalence in Adelaide's Grey-headed flying foxes
Scientists discover that the risk of lyssavirus transmission from South Australia's population of Grey-headed flying fox is lower than anticipated.
Ancient DNA researchers surprised by genetic continuity of Andes civilisations
The first large-scale study of DNA belonging to ancient humans of the central Andes in South America has uncovered some surprising results.
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