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New repair technique aids shoulder injury recovery
A technique for repairing rotator cuff injuries developed by University of Adelaide academics has delivered game-changing results for people with shoulder pain.
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World’s oldest 3D map discovered
Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin.
Nearly 30,000 wild species identified in US trade data
International research involving the University of Adelaide has found almost 30,000 wild species have been traded in the United States, according to data captured by US wildlife trade monitoring organisation Law Enforcement Manage Information System.
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DNA adds new chapter to Indonesia’s layered human history
A new study from the University of Adelaide and The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.
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University academics help ABC host ‘Eat the Invaders’
A new ABC series examines how Australia might deal with some of its most problematic invasive species, by posing the question of whether we can suppress these hugely costly pests by turning them into dinner – with every plate consulted upon by two University of Adelaide academics.
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Experts available for holiday season 2024-2025
Over the summer holiday season, the following University of Adelaide researchers are happy to be approached for comment on their areas of expertise. The list has been organised into broad subject areas. Please see individual names to check each expert's availability.
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Measuring healthcare and security one step at a time
The analysis of a person’s individual walking pattern, or gait, can reveal details about their identity and reflect differences between individuals, groups and even populations.
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Some evolutionary losses may not be lost forever
Nine species of sea snakes have now been identified as having regained the genetic requirements for advanced colour vision, demonstrating that once a complex trait has been lost to evolutionary time, it may be regained in some way.
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Large Hadron Collider regularly makes magic
A brotherly research duo has discovered that when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produces top quarks – the heaviest known fundamental particles – it regularly creates a property known as magic.
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Functionality of a grapevine transport protein defined
Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that a protein which mediates the transport of alkali metal ions, such as potassium, and halides ions across plant membranes acts similarly to a protein found in animals.
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