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New treatment for leading cause of blindness in Australia
Researchers at the University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø have developed a new treatment for the leading cause of blindness in people of working age in Australia.
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Medical research funding boost has wide impact
University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø experts have been awarded more than $1.9 million to pursue medical research that will improve the lives of people such as young Aboriginal women, high-risk COVID-19 groups and cancer sufferers.
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Medal recognises research achievement and support for mathematics
The University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Professor Mathai Varghese FAA from the School of Mathematical Sciences, has today Tuesday, 7 December, been awarded the George Szekeres Medal by the Australian Mathematical Society.
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EchidnaCSI recognised as a top Citizen of Science
The University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) has received the Citizen Science Award for Outstanding Science at the inaugural awards for Citizen Science Projects in South Australia.
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Congratulations to our research superstars
University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø researchers have been recognised in the latest list of the top researchers nationwide, as featured in The Australian newspaper’s Research magazine 2021.
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Premier recognition for mining and energy expertise
The University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s mining and energy expertise has been acknowledged at South Australia’s 2021 Premier’s Awards in Energy and Mining.
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Two new University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø fellows
The Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomed 19 women and 10 men to its Fellowship recognising the brightest minds in health and medical sciences across a range of fields, including research, industry and more.
The history of one of the most influential schools of Western Desert painting
The history of the Balgo art movement, one of the most vibrant and influential schools of Western Desert painting, has now been told in a new book, Balgo: Creating Country, by Professor John Carty, Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum and Director of the University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS).
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Industry lead appointed HILT CRC CEO
Ms Felicity Lloyd has been appointed as the new CEO of the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HiLT CRC).
Honeyeater evolution for high sucrose diet
Scientists have long suspected the digestive systems of nectar-eating birds, such as honeyeaters, co-evolved with the nectar-composition in flowers. To document whether this theory is accurate, in a paper published in , researchers at the University of 911±¬ÁÏÍø studied the ability of birds to digest different sugars, and looked at whether they matched the nectar sugars found in plants used by families of birds in different parts of the world.
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