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Monthly Archives: April 2016
News story: SA Museum research shows Mount Lofty Ranges bandicoots need room to mingle
Professor Steve Cooper, Principal Researcher at the SA Museum and an affiliate of the University of Adelaide was recently interviewed for a news article about his research into the southern brown bandicoots’ inability to easily move around the SA landscape to mix and breed with other bandicoots. The three main areas these bandicoots are found […]
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Vodcast: CSI Adelaide (Research Tuesdays)
As the success of TV series like Silent Witness and CSI proves, the world is hooked on small-screen forensics. But as this special Research Tuesdays Forum showed, our local expertise renders these stylised fictions dull by comparison. Associate Jeremy Austin was one of the leading forensics-focused University of Adelaide researchers, who’s presentations showed how: dental evidence is […]
Media Release: Ancient DNA reveals evolution of giant bears in the Americas
The work of University of Adelaide researcher Dr Kieren Mitchell is shedding new light on the evolution of what are believed to be the largest bears that ever walked the Earth. Dr Mitchell, from the University’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, School of Biological Sciences, has a new paper just published in Biology Letters. He writes: […]
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Podcast: Ganging up on fossils
Fossil finds are a vital source of evidence, not just for the origin of species, but for establishing environmental and climate history as well. A new project at the University of Adelaide, lead by Professor Corey Bradshaw, brought together talented researchers from many disciplines to develop new approaches to fossil finding. One of whom, Dr […]
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Can we cope with the ever-increasing threat of dengue fever?
Dengue fever is a climate-sensitive mosquito-borne disease that poses a threat to half the world’s population. But do we have the capacity to cope with future dengue fever challenges in the face of climate change? A new study by scientists in both Australia and China, including the Environment Institute’s Professor Phil Weinstein assessed this question by […]
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Media Release: New centres for native plant remedies, conservation
Using Indigenous and ecological knowledge to find useful compounds from arid-zone plants, and finding technological solutions to major conservation issues, are the focus of two new research centres being launched together today at the University of Adelaide. Jointly established by the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, the Australian Bioactive Compounds Centre will apply Aboriginal […]
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Coral Bleaching Explained-will 400 year old coral resist climate change?
Frank the coral has been living peacefully on the beautiful Great Barrier Reef for 400 years. However, Frank noticed that in the last century it started to get gradually hotter… until in 2016 the water temperature went completely out of control putting Frank’s life at risk. Will this old giant resist the stress of a […]
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SCOPE TV explores citizen science smartphone app
On Saturday the 9th April, Professor Andy Lowe was a guest presenter on Channel 11’s youth science program, Scope. The episode was about the Transects for Environmental Decision-making (TREND) Citizen Science App and the value of citizen science. The Terrestrial Ecosystems component of the TREND is one of the seven major subcontinental transects that make […]
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Podcast: The hair’s breadth: mapping Aboriginal genetic history
The South Australian Museum holds thousands of hair – and to a lesser extent, blood – samples collected from Aboriginal people during anthropological surveys last century. Scientists and staff from the South Australian Museum, the University of Adelaide, the National Centre of Indigenous Genomics (NCIG), Deakin University and Latrobe University will use specimens, linguistic records […]
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Podcast: Mummy knows best
The Australian Centre for Ancient DNA has an international remit, examining material from many countries, cultures and ages. Recent work has focused on the destruction of South American communities following the arrival of European soldiers and settlers. Dr Bastien Llamas explains to Ewart Shaw from Radio Adelaide how the research was initiated. Listen to the podcast
