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Smuggling bear parts in Australia and NZ

Bear

Australia doesn’t have any native bears, yet our involvement in the illegal trade of bear parts and products is sadly a different story.

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Free taste of classical guitar

Elder Conservatorium Guitar Ensemble with Dr Oliver Fartach-Naini.

Classical guitar students from the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium of Music will showcase their talent at a free concert in Elder Hall 4 pm Saturday 13 November.

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Grant support for crucial health and medical research

Research

The University of Adelaide has been awarded $6 million for six research projects to investigate issues including fertility, mastitis and orthopaedic infections.

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Experts call for urgent roo management reforms

High density of eastern kangaroos

Wildlife scientists from research organisations across Australia, including from the University of Adelaide, have come together to call for urgent reforms to the management of Australia’s kangaroo populations.

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Water tanks: windows to southern sky’s soul

Hawc Observatory

University of Adelaide researchers are part of an international team that aims to unlock the secrets of the universe above the southern hemisphere. The team is piloting a project that will use sensors installed in water tanks to detect the highest energy gamma rays from the universe. Prototype water tanks have been designed and built in South Australia and will be installed in Peru.

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Biomedical engineer awarded for revolutionary imaging technology

Dr Jiawen Li

Dr Jiawen Li has been awarded two prestigious fellowships in recognition of her world-class work in the field of biomedical engineering. Dr Li is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the University of Adelaide, leading the intravascular imaging research program within the Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).

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Serving up healthy plant-based food research with new flavour facility

pulses image - chickpeas, lentils, beans

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and University of Adelaide have joined forces to launch a new international food flavour facility to improve the taste of sustainable, healthy, plant-based food and ingredients.

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Flawed climate change targets miss the mark

Thermometer

According to new research from the University of Adelaide the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.

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Two new University of Adelaide fellows

Helen Marshall

The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomed 19 women and 10 men to its Fellowship recognising the brightest minds in health and medical sciences across a range of fields, including research, industry and more.

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Blasting the zombie out of water-saving tech

Zombie crawling image from iStock

A team of scientists, including experts from the University of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.

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