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Adelaide-led research helps support developing countries during COVID-19 pandemic

Associate Professor David Parsons, Robinson Research Institute, ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide

A reliable new ventilator to treat COVID-19 patients could soon be distributed to the Pacific Islands and South East Asian countries after extensive research and testing in Adelaide. 

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Two options for COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery

There are two clear options to lead ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Leading researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have contributed to a major Group of Eight report which presents two clear options to lead ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Global collaboration to secure Antarctica’s future

Change in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean is occurring rapidly, with significant implications for its landscapes, resources and influence on ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog.

The Federal Government has awarded $36 million to the ‘Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future’ (SAEF) research program, under the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Research Council’s Special Research Initiative for Excellence in Antarctic Science.

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Partnership to revolutionise cancer diagnosis

Women working in science laboratory

The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide has partnered with medical technology company Sienna Cancer Diagnostics in an exclusive worldwide licencing agreement to develop a unique cancer probe with the potential to detect a sugar molecule only present in cancer cells.

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Precision Mirrors Poised to Improve Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors

Researchers have developed a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors.

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Malaria finding may pave way for drug development

Scientists from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have identified a key protein that controls malaria parasite entry into host red blood cells.

Scientists from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Research Centre for Infectious Diseases have identified a key protein that controls malaria parasite entry into host red blood cells. 

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Does your horse cough? Perhaps it has asthma

Surita du Preez with horse

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are investigating the frequency of equine asthma and risk factors for its presence in horses across ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, and whether the recent bushfires have increased respiratory distress.

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PhDs cement international collaboration

PhDs cement international collaboration

Six new PhDs announced by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide strengthen the long-term collaboration with the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Nottingham, UK.

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Transforming potato waste into a new industry for ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog

Potato skins

Four of the largest potato producers in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog want to convert 100% of their potato waste into commercial benefit through their partnership with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).

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New funding for carbon storage in coastal ecosystems

Sampling salt marsh soil cores near St Kilda

×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are investigating the potential for more carbon storage in our coastal ecosystems with new funding from the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board.

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