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Green space or light at night – how do we improve health?
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There is a growing body of evidence that exposure to green space is good for our health but a new study from the University of Adelaide has found that this may equally be due to how much light we are exposed to at night.
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Statement from the University of Adelaide: Waite campus and Gatehouse
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The University of Adelaide is pleased that the State Government has decided to take responsibility for relocating the Gatehouse.
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Water market price rise myth-busting
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Researchers at the University of Adelaide have tested claims of water hoarding and speculative behaviour in Murray-Darling Basin water markets and found no evidence of hoarding, or a clear source of speculative behaviour, driving water price rises.
Lifetime of mathematical achievement recognised
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The University of Adelaide’s Professor Mathai Varghese FAA has been awarded the prestigious Hannan Medal by the Australian Academy of Science for his career-long outstanding contributions in the field of geometric analysis.
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Critical mass of talent and expertise
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Ongoing and secure supply of critical minerals is essential to the transition to a high-tech and clean energy world.
More than enough yard to have your lawn and eat too
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Research led by the University of Adelaide has found in a case study of Adelaide properties, households would need to give up less than a quarter of their domestic lawn areas to grow enough vegetables to become self-sufficient.
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First ever remote sinus surgical training
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University of Adelaide experts have delivered the world’s first remote sinus surgical training to surgeons in Japan.
COVID app tool accepted to prestigious software engineering conference
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The COVIDGuardian tool, an automated security and privacy assessment tool that tests contact tracing apps for security weaknesses, has been accepted to the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) 2021.
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Uni of Adelaide’s cyber expertise rises to world’s top 100
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The University of Adelaide has scored another top 100 world university ranking – in Computer Science, a field critical to South Australia’s economic future.
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Experts’ recommendations become landmark law
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With the successful passing of abortion legislation in the South Australian Parliament, the State’s abortion laws have been ‘brought into the 21st century’. Recommendations made by legal experts from the independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the University of Adelaide’s Adelaide Law School, have led to historic changes to the law.
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