The University of Adelaide was established in 1874. It has built a continuing reputation through teaching and learning of high quality, through outstanding research, and through a strong tradition of community service.
Smart city thinking makes good use of rapidly developing technology to help make cities work better, easier-to-navigate, safer, healthier and more enjoyable places to live.
ZZZZZZ…even the smartest scientists struggle to follow very dense science writing.
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Most law schools frown upon their students questioning how laws were originally conceived. But a Canadian law school once argued convincingly that law should be taught as a social science.
The much-hyped study didn’t actually test vitamin B3 supplementation in humans.
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Releasing just 100 mice carrying a faulty gene designed to stop them reproducing can remove an entire population of 50,000, a new study shows, paving the way for new eradication efforts.
Just because we can edit genes in human embryos, should we?
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A world first study shows CRISPR can remove a target gene from early stage human embryos. But with the advance in science come weighty ethical dilemmas.
Around one in seven Australia households either cannot get into housing at market rates or are struggling to pay the rent.
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One in seven Australian households is in a state of housing need. A shortfall in social housing supply means some are locked out of the market and others pay much more for rent than they can afford.
Free-range egg producers trade heavily on their implied ethical and nutritional value. But what are you really getting?
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After Snowdale Holdings was penalised A$1 million for lying about their eggs being free-range, here are some tips on getting what you pay for in the supermarket.
Students infiltrate a host computer under the watchful eye of a mentor during a capture the flag exercise.
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Cyber Security Summer School is a chance for researchers to test their skills during live penetration testing.
In 2005, regulations were introduced that required US firms paying CEOs with stock options to list them in financial statements.
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The music of Dr G. Yunupiŋu, who has died at just 46, draws strength and inspiration from Manikay, the sacred song tradition performed by the Yolŋu when conducting public ceremonies.
Colonial notions of public and private space are embedded in sewage systems.
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Modern sewerage infrastructure, exported from Britain to the globe, is entirely dependent on water. In a world of growing climate extremes, it's time to look beyond this colonial legacy.
Birdwatchers are keeping the location of the newly rediscovered night parrot a closely guarded secret.
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With the right approach to data security, scientists' discoveries of the locations of rare and sought-after species needn't leave a trail for poachers to follow.
Ironically, one of the biggest advantages of a bot-based application system is that it can come across as more personal than a human.
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If companies are using automated software in hiring, then job applicants should be able to use the same technology.
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech reminded his Liberal colleagues that he has not stolen the party and his leadership is legitimately Liberal.
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Malcolm Turnbull's claim that Robert Menzies' party was meant to be one of the 'sensible centre' has some validity – but it may also be that that centre has shifted significantly, too.
If you have bought an Aldi “The Spiral Spring Mixer Tap” you should not use water from it for drinking or cooking until investigations of reported lead contamination is complete. What we know The media…
So-called “unconventional” deposits of oil and gas are found in shale, a type of layered, fine grained rock.
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Gas buried in the Northern Territory's Velkerri Shale was produced in a "slime world" that existed nearly a billion years before the first complex life on Earth evolved.
Beyond the gender wage gap there is a problem of persistent underemployment.
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Focusing on the gender wage gap means we don't address increasing insecure work. Women face both higher unemployment and underemployment rates than men.
