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Future-focused students create STEM-based solutions

Ingenuity cave robot team

University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø students are showing their final year projects at , including the latest version of a cave exploring robot that resembles a spider, improvements to how a NASA robot works and 3D printing to fool facial recognition systems.

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New hope to treat and reverse osteoarthritis

A person experiencing knee pain

Current osteoarthritis treatment manages symptoms rather than addressing the underlying disease, but a new University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø study has shown the condition may be treatable and reversible.

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Expanded plant phenomics facility to accelerate crop development

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The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF), Australia’s national plant phenomics research infrastructure, will receive $60 million in core funding over the next five years to expand its world-leading network of facilities across Australia and accelerate the development of improved crops.

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World-renowned chef visits to boost insect industry

Joseph Yoon

The University of 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s Waite campus is hosting international edible insect ambassador, chef Joseph Yoon, for two events highlighting the industry-shifting potential of insect agriculture.

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Rhodes Scholar-Elect will solve issues of the future by studying the past

Oliver Douglas

Mr Oliver Douglas has been named as the University of 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s 114th Rhodes Scholar-Elect during an event at Government House this October. The prestigious scholarship will enable him to undertake further study at the University of Oxford.

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South Australian researchers join forces with global defence consortium

University building

The University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø and the University of South Australia have joined five leading universities in the United Kingdom and United States to support the AUKUS alliance.

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Highlighting the importance of girls’ education

Ziauddin Yousafzai

The importance of girls’ education will be emphasised during a special public lecture at the University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø, featuring activist and educator Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was a Nobel Prize winner in 2014.

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Festival celebrates student creativity

Art of the Possible

Creativity will come to the fore during the festival at the University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø from 23 to 26 October which showcases live music performances, videos, virtual reality projects, photography and graphic design by students, among other work.

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Grants to accelerate research commercialisation

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Six University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø-led projects have received funding from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA), for a range of research projects, including improved electric-vehicle batteries, efficient hydrogen production and better diabetes treatment.

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Trees are better for us than we realise

Path in City of 911±¬ÁÏÍø with plane trees

The University of 911±¬ÁÏ꿉۪s Environment Institute and Green 911±¬ÁÏÍø will host an evening with pioneering environmentalist Jon Dee, highlighting the health-giving potential of trees.

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