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- Bots manipulate public opinion in Russia-Ukraine conflict https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/09/08/bots-manipulate-public-opinion-in-russia-ukraine-conflict 4 comments
- eBooks@Adelaide has now officially closed https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/news/list/2020/01/07/ebooksadelaide-has-now-officially-closed 11 comments
- New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in moa graveyard locations — where six species of moa last lived before going extinct https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2024/07/24/new-zealands-flightless-birds-are-retreating-to-moa-refuges 14 comments science
- A pre-clinical study found the new drug (CDDD11-8 )successfully inhibits the growth of triple negative breast cancer without any toxic side effects https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2024/02/05/new-drug-halts-growth-of-aggressive-breast-cancer 45 comments science
- Team has developed a way of using polyethylene waste (PE) as a feedstock and converted it into valuable chemicals via light-driven photocatalysis and using renewable solar energy, rather than current industrial processes with fossil fuel https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/12/08/polyethylene-waste-could-be-a-thing-of-the-past 23 comments science
- Seawater split to produce green hydrogen https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen 5 comments technology
- Bots manipulate public opinion in Russia-Ukraine conflict https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/09/08/bots-manipulate-public-opinion-in-russia-ukraine-conflict 26 comments worldnews
- AI researchers developing systems that can exhibit 'human-like' understanding of 3D scenes from 2D input https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2022/08/01/new-ai-tech-to-bring-human-like-understanding-of-our-3d-world 8 comments futurology
- An international team of scientists has revealed that rates of future warming threaten marine life in more than 70 per cent of the most biodiverse-rich areas of Earth’s oceans https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/07/19/ocean-warming-threatens-richest-marine-biodiversity 2 comments science
- An AI system trained to detect hip fractures outperformed trained radiologists, but also experienced unexpected and potentially harmful errors, reinforcing the need for algorithmic audits of AI medical imaging systems. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2022/05/13/algorithmic-audit-for-safer-medical-ai-systems 45 comments science
- In a global study, researchers in evolutionary medicine at the University of Adelaide have found that people living in larger households are at reduced risk of dying from dementia and could stave off the progression of the disease for longer. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/03/03/study-shows-household-and-family-ties-significant-in-staving-off-dementia#:~:text=Study%20shows%20household%20and%20family%20ties%20significant%20in%20staving%20off%20dementia,-Posted%20on%20Mar&text=In%20a%20global%20study%2C%20researchers,of%20the%20disease%20for%20longer. 6 comments science
- Meat-eating extends human life expectancy worldwide - Study by University of Adelaide https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2022/02/22/meat-eating-extends-human-life-expectancy-worldwide 385 comments worldnews
- A team of researchers at the University of Adelaide has found a link between the way that cells produce energy for brain function and the mutated genes found in Alzheimer’s disease. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/12/24/is-energy-the-key-to-alzheimers-disease 6 comments science
- The rising concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is driving up ocean surface temperatures and causing ocean acidification. Researchers have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/12/17/ocean-acidification-and-warming-disrupts-fish-shoals 9 comments science
- Study: Parents are more likely to refuse Covid-19 vaccination for their child than the proportion of adults refusing vaccination for themselves. Low socioeconomic and education levels, being single, non-English speaking backgrounds and being parents were associated with decreased vaccine willingness https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/12/16/parents-more-likely-to-refuse-covid-jab-for-children-than-adults 20 comments science
- The number of times batteries may be recharged could double in the near future. Researchers have designed an efficient electrode material to catalyze battery reaction and improve durability of metal-sulphur batteries. The new sulphur-metal battery can be charged and discharged at least 10,000 times. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/12/13/sulphur-chemical-technology-improves-battery-lifespans 12 comments science
- New research shows that humans were a crucial and chronic driver of population declines of woolly mammoths, having an essential role in the timing and location of their extinction. The study also refutes a prevalent theory that climate change alone decimated woolly mammoth populations. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2021/11/11/humans-hastened-the-extinction-of-the-woolly-mammoth 124 comments science
- Australian university student team wins third place in NASA space robotics challenge https://www.adelaide.edu.au/aiml/news/list/2021/10/06/aiml-key-in-nasa-prize-winning-innovation 4 comments space
- A return to the wild for better immune health . Revegetating green spaces within cities can improve soil quality and linked to human health benefits. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/research/news/list/2020/06/29/a-return-to-the-wild-for-better-immune-health 12 comments science
- New research from the University of Adelaide suggests living great apes are smarter than our pre-human ancestor Australopithecus, a group that included the famous ‘Lucy’. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2019/11/13/modern-apes-smarter-than-pre-humans 27 comments science
- Genetic analysis has revealed that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with at least five different archaic human groups as they moved out of Africa and across Eurasia. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news 38 comments science
- Study reports on the origin and extinction of a giant, shaggy Ice Age rhinoceros known as the Siberian unicorn because of its extraordinary single horn. Its demise was most likely due to climate change because of the reduction in steppe grassland where it lived, rather than the impact of humans. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news103702.html 3 comments science
- Cross-species gene transfer has radically changed the genomes of today’s mammals, and is a major driver of evolution - In largest study of so-called “jumping genes”, researchers traced 2 jumping genes across 759 species of plants, animals, and fungi. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news101162.html 3 comments science
- Predatory monetization schemes in video games (e.g. ‘loot boxes’) and internet gaming disorder https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news100942.html 3 comments science
- New research at the University of Adelaide has found that a specific combination of techniques will increase people's chances of having lucid dreams, in which the dreamer is aware they're dreaming while it's still happening and can control the experience. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news95682.html 20 comments science
- Scientists say that a large, now extinct, frog called Beelzebufo that lived about 68 million years ago in Madagascar would have been capable of eating small dinosaurs. The conclusion comes from a study of the bite force of South American horned frogs. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news95082.html 4 comments science
- Researchers have been able to switch off the impulse to drink alcohol by giving mice a drug that blocks a specific response from the immune system in the brain. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news94942.html 4 comments science
- Australian scientists have paved the way for carbon neutral fuel with the development of a new efficient catalyst that converts carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air into synthetic natural gas in a ‘clean’ process using solar energy. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news93022.html 3 comments science
- 50,000 year old Neanderthal dental plaque samples reveal what they ate, what their health was like, and how the environment impacted their behavior. One sample revealed that a subject ate a plant containing salicylic acid(the active ingredient of aspirin) and a natural antibiotic mold(Penicillium) http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news91022.html 88 comments science
- Trapdoor spiders disappearing from Australian landscape: Recent surveys by Australian scientists have identified an apparent significant decline in the numbers of trapdoor spiders across southern Australia. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news89762.html 4 comments science
- Research has statistically proven that the earliest standing stone monuments of Britain, the great circles like Stonehenge, were constructed specifically in line with the movements of the Sun and Moon, 5000 years ago. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news87022.html 14 comments science
- Ancient DNA shows perfect storm felled Ice Age giants https://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news85622.html 10 comments history
- The hunting ability and growth of sharks will be dramatically impacted by increased CO2 levels and warmer oceans expected by the end of the century, a study has found. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news81662.html 4 comments science
- Adults who were hospitalised for a burn as a child experience higher than usual rates of depression and suicidal thoughts: Australia's first 30-year follow up of childhood burns victims found that 42% of people suffered some form of mental illness and 30% suffered depression in their lives http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news72882.html 36 comments science
- Computer Science vs. Software Engineer http://www.adelaide.edu.au/degree-finder/2014/bcmsa_bcmpscadv.html 4 comments cscareerquestions
- Erectile dysfunction can be reversed without medication: Men suffering from sexual dysfunction can be successful at reversing their problem, by focusing on lifestyle factors and not just relying on medication, according to new research http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news69602.html 79 comments science
- Stomach 'clock' tells us how much to eat: University of Adelaide researchers have discovered the first evidence that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news67162.html 43 comments science
- Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery in identifying the world's most sensitive nanoparticle and measuring it from a distance using light. These super-bright, photostable and background-free nanocrystals enable a new approach to highly advanced sensing technologies using optical fibres. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news64302.html 4 comments science
- Scientists can now block heroin, morphine addiction. In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief. http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news55261.html 723 comments science
- Peppermint earns respect in mainstream medicine http://www.adelaide.edu.au/news/news44321.html 19 comments science