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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.
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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Shining a light on sea snake senses
University of Adelaide marine biologists have discovered that some sea snakes contain genes in their tail skin that help them stay safe from predators.
Chasing clouds in Antarctica: cool stories from a physics graduate
It’s a unique way to escape the heat. Physics graduate Tom Chambers spent his summer exploring clouds in Antarctica.
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Eyre Peninsula malleefowl chick discovery excites ecologists
Cameras recently captured a malleefowl chick scratching about in the dirt in a wildlife refuge on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula.
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Researchers link penguin evolution to island formation
DNA from prehistoric penguin bones analysed by University of Adelaide scientists, have contributed to new findings about the evolution of these aquatic flightless birds.
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