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Giving REDSPICE bite: Why strengthening ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s cyber capability demands unprecedented ASD-university collaboration
The ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Government’s REDSPICE blueprint, released with last week’s 2022-23 budget, will significantly increase the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Signals Directorate’s (ASD) cyber and intelligence capabilities.
Growing the graphene industry
With the goal of developing a sustainable graphene-based industry in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog and world-wide, the team at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s ARC Graphene Research Hub has made several significant breakthroughs in graphene manufacturing and utilisation.
Stress less! Targeting the plant cargo hub to help them deal with environmental stress
Just like an international port in a big city, every individual plant cell contains its own cargo hub that responds to their import and export needs.
Citizen scientists recruited to EchidnaCSI
Echidnas are one of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog’s most iconic mammals, but although the prickly critters have made their homes in hundreds of different habitats across the country, some populations are sadly in decline.
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Research looking at blocking the action of damaged genes
Sometimes all it takes to cause a severe neurological disorder is one tiny defect in a single gene. Unfortunately, there are thousands of these genetic, childhood-onset conditions, and while they are rare, the symptoms can be devastating.
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Insects put to the taste test
×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers are creating a new tool that will help people understand what it’s like to eat one of the most sustainable and protein-rich food sources on the planet: edible insects.
As the Aussie home ownership dream fades, it’s time to lift our game for renters
The number of people renting in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog is growing at twice the rate of home ownership, and a new dataset generated by ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide researchers will help inform future policy that supports renters and guides infrastructure spending.
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Tracking the early-life triggers of type 1 diabetes
Researchers at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide are leading a national collaboration that has been collecting tens of thousands of biological samples from pregnant mothers and their babies in an attempt to discover how genetics and early-life environmental exposures contribute to the development of type 1 diabetes.
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The foundation for cereal crops that beat the heat
A project conducted by ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and Macquarie ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog researchers has revealed insights into how an ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn ‘wild rice’ thrives in extreme heat, opening the door for the breeding of new cereal crops that can withstand high temperatures.
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We’re creating a faster, less invasive way to diagnose endometriosis through machine learning
Endometriosis is a debilitating disease with serious impacts on a person’s quality of life far beyond the extreme pain it causes. It can affect them financially, cause disruption to their work, social lives and relationships.